Legal

City found at fault in tennis court defects case

A crack surrounds a net pole in one of the 23 courts at the city's Darling Memorial Tennis Center.

State-appointed arbitrators have found that Las Vegas managers “knew from the beginning” that their plans for the Darling Memorial Tennis Center were defective — long before the center’s cracked courts launched a costly, four-year legal dispute.

3 November 2009
By Sam Skolnik

Shareholders challenge merger involving Chinese energy company

Three shareholder lawsuits were filed in Las Vegas this week challenging a merger involving a Chinese corporation that has publicly traded stock in the United States. Sinoenergy Corp. of Beijing owns compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations in China and makes CNG transport truck trailers, CNG filling station equipment and CNG fuel conversion kits for vehicles.

29 October 2009
By Steve Green

Grip of recession squeezes attorneys’ time for volunteering

More and more financially pinched Nevadans are in need of free or reduced-fee legal aid — and are having a harder time finding it, with fewer attorneys donating their services and low-paying legal aid organizations understaffed.

27 October 2009
By Buck Wargo

Two top law firms have stake in governor’s race

If the leading candidates for governor win their parties’ nominations next year, the race will be more than a contest between a Republican and a Democrat — it would also pit a lawyer at one of the state’s most influential law firms versus another lawyer at another of the state’s most influential law firms.

25 October 2009
By David McGrath Schwartz,
Michael Mishak

Hammered by recession, Nevada lawyers cut pro bono work

As the state’s lawyers gather next week to honor those who do pro bono work, fewer Nevada attorneys are donating their services even though demand for free or low-cost legal aid is skyrocketing.

23 October 2009
By Buck Wargo

Lawsuit alleges security lax at shopping center where man slain

Security was inadequate at a Las Vegas shopping center when a furniture store manager was shot and killed during a robbery attempt, the victim's sister charges in a lawsuit.

21 October 2009
By Steve Green

Mortgage scammers haven’t felt law’s effect

Compliance with a new law aimed at regulating mortgage modification and foreclosure prevention, a runaway industry rife with scammers, is off to a slow start, causing concern for those on the front lines.

20 October 2009
By Timothy Pratt

Brower back to private sector

After almost seven years in public service, Gregory Brower is headed back to practice law for a private firm.

16 October 2009
By Buck Wargo

Recession: Major legal challenge to small biz

The recession has taken a toll on many Las Vegas businesses, bringing them to the brink of failure. But several attorneys said some of those companies are guaranteeing their demise and putting themselves at risk without knowing it.

16 October 2009
By Buck Wargo

Planet Hollywood says movie banners damaged building, sues insurers

The Planet Hollywood resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Planet Hollywood hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip says its facade was damaged by giant banners promoting a movie and wants insurers to cover costs for repairs and interruption of its business.

16 October 2009
By Steve Green

Judge dismisses suit filed by former Henderson city manager

A U.S. District Court judge this morning dismissed former Henderson city manager Mary Kay Peck’s wrongful termination suit against the city.

15 October 2009
By Jeremy Twitchell

Venetian triumphs in lawsuit over light fixtures

The Venetian casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip has prevailed in a two-year-old lawsuit accusing it of violating copyright law by allegedly stealing a San Francisco firm's design for thousands of light fixtures used in a room remodeling project.

9 October 2009
By Steve Green

Bogden says private practice was a plus

With his return to the U.S. attorney’s office on Oct. 1, Daniel Bogden is bringing a new perspective to the job as a private civil practice lawyer.

9 October 2009
By Buck Wargo

Council member faces Bar Association disciplinary hearing

Councilman Travis Chandler, an attorney by trade, has been suspended from the Nevada Bar Association for failure to pay his dues and faces an unrelated disciplinary hearing from a former client. The suspension was effective Aug. 20 for Chandler’s failure to pay his 2009 bar association dues of $700, according to bar association spokesman Phil Patee.

23 September 2009
By Jean Reid Norman

Legal aid services strained to the limit

Mary Lou Perez, left, a paralegal at Nevada Legal Services, helps client Angela Black fill out paperwork for a landlord-tenant problem.

The slumping Las Vegas economy has increased demand for free legal services and stretched the resources of agencies trying to provide those services. “It is overwhelming,” said Lynn Etkins, development director of the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.

21 September 2009
By Buck Wargo
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