Legal

Righthaven backed into a corner; copyrights to be auctioned

Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas faced more problems Monday after a federal judge granted a defendant’s motion that Righthaven be placed under control of a receiver and that its copyrights be auctioned off, giving it nothing to sue or appeal over.

12 December 2011
By Steve Green

UNLV offers a helping hand for businesses large and small

Paul Jarley is the dean of the Lee Business School at UNLV.

When Southern Nevada entrepreneur Peter Maksymec needed help in developing a product he’d invented, UNLV was there for him. Dr. Andrew Hardin, director of UNLV’s Center for Entrepreneurship, evaluated the product and went into action. He assigned one of his MBA teams to draw up a summary and business plan.

12 December 2011
Howard Riell

Litigation heats up over Station Casinos 'hot dog girl' photo

Neither side is backing down in a dispute over ownership of the "hot dog girl" photo used to promote the sports books of Station Casinos in the Las Vegas area. Station filed suit in October against Florida photographer Fred Holt, also known as Fred Love, over the photo.

9 December 2011
By Steve Green

CSN chairman sues professor over harassment claim

A department chairman at the College of Southern Nevada is suing a CSN professor, charging she falsely accused him of sexual harassment.

9 December 2011
By Steve Green

Suit filed over demise of Las Vegas PC geeks club

A dispute has erupted among a group of Nevada geeks over plans to dissolve their nonprofit Las Vegas PC Users Group. The board of directors of the group, which dates to 1989, in May initiated proceedings to shut down the club because of problems including lagging participation; difficulties in finding speakers, volunteers and officers; and in arranging meetings.

8 December 2011
By Steve Green

Kerkorian blames Las Vegas stock promoter for $684 million loss

Kirk Kerkorian’s investment company is suing a former friend of the casino billionaire, charging the Las Vegas man perpetrated a “massive” stock fraud.

7 December 2011
By Steve Green

Josh Reid: Criticism of appointment as Henderson city attorney 'all about my father'

Henderson’s new city attorney, Josh M. Reid, said this week that he is eager to move past the controversy surrounding his appointment and onto city business. Reid is the fourth of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s five children.

7 December 2011
By Aida Ahmed

Construction defects law under the microscope

When the Vistana homeowners association in southwest Las Vegas settled a construction defect complaint for $19 million in 2007, the size of the settlement stood out even in the big-money world of construction defect litigation.

7 December 2011
By David McGrath Schwartz

Book, record industries attack Righthaven fair use ruling

The U.S. book and music industries, as expected, on Monday asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco for permission to participate in one of the Righthaven copyright lawsuit appeals.

5 December 2011
By Steve Green

Sheldon Adelson sanctioned for refusing to answer questions in deposition

Billionaire Las Vegas casino executive Sheldon Adelson and one of his attorneys were hit with sanctions by a judge Monday after Adelson repeatedly refused to answer questions during a lawsuit deposition.

5 December 2011
By Steve Green

Conflicts of interest not uncommon

The lawsuit filed last week to remove a public employee from the Legislature argues that serving as an elected member of the legislative branch while working for the executive branch violates the constitution’s separation of powers.

4 December 2011
By David McGrath Schwartz

Attorney General levies $2,500 fine

CARSON CITY – A Carson City company has been fined $2,500 for mailing deceptive and misleading advertisements to corporations to entice them to change their resident agents, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto says.

2 December 2011
By Cy Ryan

Nevada Supreme Court about to hit 60,000-case milestone

Cases continue to pile up at a record rate for the Nevada Supreme Court as the court clerk’s office prepares to accept its 60,000 case filing.

1 December 2011
By Conor Shine

Righthaven offers new argument in bid to revive lawsuit

Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas is trotting out a new argument as it seeks to revive one of its lawsuits that was dismissed.

30 November 2011
By Steve Green

School District approves hiring $138,650/year general counsel

The Clark County School District unanimously appointed attorney Carlos McDade on Tuesday to be the district’s general counsel. McDade, who has more than 25 years of experience as an attorney, will be paid an annual salary of $138,650. His two-year contract begins Dec. 1 and runs through June, 30, 2013.

29 November 2011
By Paul Takahashi
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