Legal

Nevada homeowners file class-action lawsuit over foreclosure robosignings

When the Las Vegas market hit bottom in early 2012, single-family homes sold for a median $118,000 and, within that, bank-owned homes for $100,000.

Lender Processing Services Inc., the company targeted by Nevada’s attorney general in a foreclosure robosigning investigation, has been hit with a class-action lawsuit filed by Las Vegas and Henderson homeowners.

21 December 2011
By Steve Green

Notes and news from the Las Vegas legal community

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21 December 2011

Henderson council approves giving Josh Reid $190,000 a year as city attorney

Josh Reid’s $190,000 city attorney contract with the city of Henderson was approved Tuesday night in a 4-0 decision.

20 December 2011
By Aida Ahmed

Ex-wife sues poker superstar Phil Ivey, two attorneys

Phil Ivey plays during the World Series of Poker H.O.R.S.E. event at the Rio.

Eight-time World Series of Poker champion Phil Ivey and two Las Vegas attorneys were sued Tuesday by Ivey’s ex-wife, who says they conspired to cheat her out of her fair share of his fortune.

20 December 2011
By Steve Green

Righthaven files emergency appeal to block auction

Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas newspaper copyright lawsuit company, filed an emergency appeal Tuesday to block an auction of its copyrights — an auction Righthaven says is aimed at dismantling the company, even though the copyrights are “allegedly suspect.”

20 December 2011
By Steve Green

Court asked to step in after Righthaven refuses to comply with auction

Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas is refusing to turn its copyrights over to a court-appointed receiver so they can be auctioned — causing attorneys Monday to seek an order enforcing the auction plan.

19 December 2011
By Steve Green

Mo Denis, target of suit challenging public employees in Legislature, leaving job with state

CARSON -- The leader of state Senate Democrats will resign from his job with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission, potentially nullifying a lawsuit challenging his positions in the executive and legislative branches of state government.

19 December 2011
By David McGrath Schwartz

Lawyer to get $100,000 for referring malpractice case

A Las Vegas attorney will get $100,000 for referring a medical malpractice case to another law firm in Southern Nevada, a federal appeals court has ruled.

16 December 2011
By Cy Ryan

Former Notre Dame walk-on ‘Rudy’ settles lawsuit with SEC

The businessman known as “Rudy,” the underdog of movie and Notre Dame football fame, has agreed to pay $382,866 to federal regulators to settle claims that he and others engineered a stock fraud scheme involving one of his Las Vegas companies.

16 December 2011
By Steve Green

Righthaven plans appeal to block auction of copyrights

Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas will ask an appeals court to block a planned auction of its copyrights, an attorney said Thursday.

16 December 2011
By Steve Green

Nevada 'Platters' singer facing trademark lawsuit

The Platters — known for songs like "The Great Pretender" — are the subject of yet another trademark lawsuit involving performers claiming to have the right to use the "Platters" name.

15 December 2011
By Steve Green

McCarran, Clark County Commission sued over limousine service bids

A Bell Transportation limousine driver talks to passengers after picking them up at McCarran International Airport on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.

A company facing the loss of its limousine concession at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is suing the airport and the Clark County Commission.

15 December 2011
By Steve Green

Reid to make $190,000 a year as Henderson city attorney

Josh Reid will start work as Henderson city attorney in less than two weeks at a salary of $190,000 a year — near the top of the pay scale, according to terms of a contract made public today.

14 December 2011
By Aida Ahmed

Lawsuit filed in Las Vegas helicopter crash

In this photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, investigators examine the wreckage of a sightseeing tour helicopter from Las Vegas that crashed in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada near the Hoover Dam. The Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, crash killed the pilot and four tourists, including a couple from Kansas and a couple from New Delhi, India.

A lawyer representing a honeymooning couple from India killed in a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter crash has filed the first negligence lawsuit in the case.

13 December 2011
Associated Press

Can Righthaven survive latest legal blow?

Righthaven LLC’s obituary has been written before – prematurely, that is.

13 December 2011
By Steve Green
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