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Closure to come for DA candidates, family of police shooting victim

Drew Christensen answers a question during the interview process for a new District Attorney Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 during a meeting of the Clark County Commission.

Answers to questions about the pending selection of a new district attorney, approval of a developer's request for road use and a Metro settlement with the family of a police shooting victim.

22 January 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

Candidates for district attorney make their case

From left, John Hunt, Drew Christensen and Steve Wolfson listen to public comment during the interview process for a new District Attorney Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 at a meeting of the Clark County Commission.

County commissioners asked pointed questions of three candidates for district attorney, learning that the three finalists — Drew Christensen, John Hunt and Steve Wolfson — would, in one regard, operate very differently than former District Attorney David Roger, who quit late last year with three years left on his term.

17 January 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

Three attorneys face Righthaven inquiry by State Bar

Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas was hit with a new problem Thursday when the State Bar of Nevada said it’s launching formal proceedings to deal with grievances involving Righthaven CEO Steven Gibson and two former Righthaven attorneys.

12 January 2012
By Steve Green

9th Circuit rejects Righthaven bid to block auction of copyrights

Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas is now 0-2 when it comes to urgent appeals to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The court on Tuesday rejected Righthaven’s emergency motion of Dec. 20 to block the planned auction of its intellectual property.

10 January 2012
By Steve Green

State senator's resignation doesn’t keep conservatives from pursuing lawsuit

A conservative think tank is moving forward with its challenge of the legality of a public employee serving in the Legislature, even though the state senator and target of the lawsuit has resigned from his state job.

10 January 2012
By David McGrath Schwartz

Righthaven complains about 'scorched-earth' efforts to enforce judgments

A new round of name-calling erupted Monday between copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas and one of its creditors. Righthaven, the copyright enforcement partner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, has for months been in survival mode as it tries to block creditors from seizing its assets.

9 January 2012
By Steve Green

Las Vegas nightclubs sue Tropicana over defecting executives

The Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino has been sued by two Las Vegas nightclubs after three of their executives went to work at the Trop’s new RPM club. The jointly operated Chateau and Gallery nightclubs filed suit over noncompete agreements Dec. 27 in Clark County District Court against the Tropicana and former Chateau/Gallery executives Richard Wilk, Todd Worz and Sean Peters.

5 January 2012
By Steve Green

Family taking $350K in Las Vegas missing organs claim

A lawyer says the family of a 29-year-old British tourist who died in Las Vegas in 2005 has agreed to a $350,000 settlement to end a federal lawsuit stemming from the disappearance of the man's internal organs after an autopsy.

4 January 2012
Ken Ritter, Associated Press

County offers $50,000 to settle case of missing body organs

The case of the missing viscera may cost Clark County $50,000, or more, depending on the decision of a London family whose dead relative was returned from Las Vegas without his internal organs.

3 January 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

Auction of Righthaven website domain name under way

The online auction of the righthaven.com website domain name got under way Monday, with bidders having until Jan. 6 to submit offers.

26 December 2011
By Steve Green

Court declines to rehear doctor's appeal in disciplinary case

The Nevada Supreme Court has declined to rehear the appeal of Las Vegas physician Dr. James S. Tate, who was disciplined for allegedly getting in a profanity-laced argument with a family member of a patient and striking a woman.

26 December 2011
By Cy Ryan

Appeals court so far not assisting Righthaven with auction plea

With the holiday weekend under way, Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC appeared to remain in danger Friday of seeing its intellectual property auctioned off.

23 December 2011
By Steve Green

Las Vegas lawyer disbarred

The Nevada Supreme Court has disbarred Las Vegas lawyer Philip Singer for five years and ordered him to repay $67,334 he stole from eight clients.

22 December 2011
By Cy Ryan

Dismantling of Righthaven appears under way with loss of website

The court-authorized dismantling of Las Vegas copyright company Righthaven LLC appeared to be under way Thursday, with the company losing control of its website to a receiver.

22 December 2011
By Steve Green

Woman sentenced for workers comp fraud stemming from alleged Las Vegas Hilton injury

A Maryland woman was sentenced to 2 ½ years in a Nevada state prison for attempting to defraud her employer’s workers’ compensation insurer of $20,000 while at a professional conference at the Las Vegas Hilton, announced Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto Wednesday.

21 December 2011
By Aida Ahmed
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