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Fight breaks out over North Las Vegas land auction
Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011
A fight among heavyweight developers erupted in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Friday over the fate of 1,340 acres of land in the stalled Park Highlands planned community in North Las Vegas.
AG hits foreclosure processor with fraud allegations
Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
Nevada’s attorney general has sued foreclosure specialist Lender Processing Services Inc., claiming it has been involved in widespread fraud involving robosignings and other problems.
Former Notre Dame walk-on ‘Rudy’ settles lawsuit with SEC
Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
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.
Righthaven plans appeal to block auction of copyrights
Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
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.
Nevada 'Platters' singer facing trademark lawsuit
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
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.
Federal jury convicts 'Bonnie and Clyde of mortgage fraud'
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
A couple once dubbed “the Bonnie and Clyde of mortgage fraud” were convicted of multiple counts by a federal jury in Las Vegas on Thursday.
McCarran, Clark County Commission sued over limousine service bids
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
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.
Study of cities ranks Las Vegas No. 197 out of 200
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
When it comes to the economy, Las Vegas will likely be happy to forget 2011 — and that was illustrated Thursday with issuance of yet another report documenting the city’s troubles during the recession.
Nevada going on five years as foreclosure capital of U.S.
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011
Dreary conditions continued in the Nevada residential real estate market in November, with the state leading the nation in foreclosures for the 59th consecutive month.
Fight over Las Vegas Hilton casino operations to continue
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011
A dispute over control of the Las Vegas Hilton’s casino is moving to the Nevada Gaming Commission after a court ruling Wednesday.
Harmon Tower demolition hearing set for March
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011
The Harmon Tower at CityCenter will continue to sit empty and unused well into 2012 after a judge indicated Wednesday she may decide in March if it can be imploded.
NLV's Park Highlands land auctioned for $21 million
Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
Everything right and everything wrong with the Southern Nevada residential real estate market was illustrated during a bankruptcy auction this week for 1,340 acres in the stalled Park Highlands planned community in North Las Vegas.
Can Righthaven survive latest legal blow?
Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
Righthaven LLC’s obituary has been written before – prematurely, that is.
Righthaven backed into a corner; copyrights to be auctioned
Monday, Dec. 12, 2011
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.
Strip casino veteran joins Cosmopolitan as high-level exec
Monday, Dec. 12, 2011
With the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas so far underperforming with its casino operations, the property on Monday signaled it’s hoping for further improvements with the hiring of longtime casino executive Thomas McCartney as chief operating officer.
Study confirms role of home flippers in Nevada housing price collapse
Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011
A new study confirms the big role investors, including "house flippers," played in Nevada’s home price run-up and its subsequent near collapse. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last week reported that their study "revealed some astonishing facts."
Entrepreneur fighting MGM Resorts in poker website lawsuit
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011
A Texas man is fighting efforts by MGM Resorts International to seize his excaliburpoker.com domain name.
Wynn facing OT suit by former executive protection agent
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011
A second Las Vegas Strip casino operator has been sued over allegations an executive protection agent wasn’t paid overtime pay he had earned. Attorneys for Richard Derek Olsen, a former Wynn Las Vegas agent, filed suit charging Olsen wasn’t paid for more than 880 overtime hours worked.
24 Hour Fitness sues ex-workers in Las Vegas
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
California-based 24 Hour Fitness sued 14 former employees in Las Vegas this week in a dispute over claims they didn’t receive overtime pay they deserved.
Litigation heats up over Station Casinos 'hot dog girl' photo
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
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.
CSN chairman sues professor over harassment claim
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
A department chairman at the College of Southern Nevada is suing a CSN professor, charging she falsely accused him of sexual harassment.
Casino owners rank high on support for gay, transgender rights
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011
Casino operators Caesars Entertainment Corp., MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts Ltd. scored high Thursday in a ranking of companies for their support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality.
Suit filed over demise of Las Vegas PC geeks club
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011
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.
Bankrupt Church at South Las Vegas settles with lender
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011
A bankrupt Henderson church has settled its differences with a bank that has been trying to foreclose on its property.
Real estate report shows strong sales, weak prices
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011
New data Thursday showed continuation of a familiar pattern for the Las Vegas valley housing market: Sales are strong, but pricing is down from 2010 levels.
Las Vegas Hilton announces name change
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011
The Las Vegas Hilton confirmed Thursday its new name beginning next month will be the LVH — Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas fraud lawsuit to continue
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011
A state judge refused Wednesday to dismiss much of a lawsuit charging the developer of the stalled Fontainebleau casino resort in Las Vegas hid cost overruns.
Kerkorian blames Las Vegas stock promoter for $684 million loss
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011
Kirk Kerkorian’s investment company is suing a former friend of the casino billionaire, charging the Las Vegas man perpetrated a “massive” stock fraud.
Judge: Officers’ rights not violated by new inquest process
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
Clark County’s new coroner’s inquest process for police shootings does not violate the rights of police officers whose actions are examined, a federal judge ruled Monday.

Nevada Cancer Institute bankruptcy put on fast track
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
The nonprofit Nevada Cancer Institute is running out of cash and quickly needs to emerge from bankruptcy, one of its attorneys told a judge Tuesday.
Revenue, losses down at Las Vegas Hard Rock
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
A good-news, bad-news scenario is emerging at the Las Vegas Hard Rock hotel-casino under its new ownership. In the 1,500-room property’s financial report for the first nine months of the year, revenue fell from the same period of 2010 — but it’s losing less money than it did during the first nine months of 2010.
Analysts project brighter 2012 for casino industry
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011
Analysts at accounting firm PwC have boosted their growth projection for Nevada’s casino industry. In the PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) annual gaming forecast distributed this week, the firm projected Nevada gaming win of $10.4 billion in 2010 to reach $10.7 billion this year and then expand to just shy of $13 billion by 2015. The 2015 projection would about equal the level reached in 2007 — the high-water mark for Nevada casinos before the recession.
Book, record industries attack Righthaven fair use ruling
Monday, Dec. 5, 2011
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.
Sheldon Adelson sanctioned for refusing to answer questions in deposition
Monday, Dec. 5, 2011
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.
Las Vegas doctor arrested after prescription fraud probe
Attorney says charges were 'fabricated' and connected to a marital problem
Monday, Dec. 5, 2011
A Las Vegas doctor has been arrested on multiple felony counts involving suspicions he obtained controlled substances by fraudulently writing prescriptions for those drugs.
3 more notaries face charges in robo-signing scandal
Monday, Dec. 5, 2011
Three more notaries face criminal charges in the Las Vegas-area foreclosure robo-signing scandal that erupted Nov. 16. They are charged with misdemeanor counts of notarization of the signature of a person not in their presence.
Cutting it close while putting education to work
Demand for skilled workers is growing in some sectors as the recession's effects on higher education threaten to shrink the field of trained candidates
Monday, Dec. 5, 2011
It’s a mystery why enrollment has taken a plunge this year at the College of Southern Nevada, but CSN administrators suspect the recession’s fingerprints are on it.
With the economic slump now in its third year in Nevada, they say, some would-be students may have simply given up.
Music, book industries may back Righthaven
Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011
The U.S. music and book publishing industries may intervene on behalf of Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas in one of its copyright lawsuits, an attorney said Sunday.
Homebuilder pulling out of Las Vegas market
Friday, Dec. 2, 2011
Arizona-based Meritage Homes Corp. announced it was winding down operations in Las Vegas and would exit the struggling market in early 2013. "It’s a sad state of affairs there,” executive Brent Anderson said during an interview Friday.
MGM Resorts files suit over poker website names
Friday, Dec. 2, 2011
MGM Resorts International is suing four individuals and two companies it claims have been infringing on its trademarks by registering poker website names that include the names of MGM casinos in Las Vegas.
2 Las Vegas-area shopping centers sold
Friday, Dec. 2, 2011
Two Las Vegas-area shopping centers have been sold, brokers and buyers announced this week. Primestor Development Inc. of Los Angeles said it has acquired 4G Plaza for $8.825 million.
Closed Atrium Suites hotel may be sold
Friday, Dec. 2, 2011
The closed Atrium Suites hotel in Las Vegas may soon be sold – but at a fraction of its value before the recession.
Regulators halt trading in stock of Las Vegas firm accused in kickback scheme
Friday, Dec. 2, 2011
Federal regulators on Thursday halted trading in the stock of a little-known Las Vegas company and one of its executives was charged in what the FBI called a criminal securities kickback scheme.
Forbes lists Las Vegas company as one of America's most promising
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
InsureMonkey, a Las Vegas firm, is the lone Nevada company to appear on the new Forbes magazine list of “America’s Most Promising Companies.”
Debt collector likens title company's action to blackmail
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
A big player in the Las Vegas residential real estate market has filed a lawsuit claiming it’s being blackmailed by a major title insurance company in a dispute over foreclosures.
Report confirms improvement in Las Vegas job market
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
A new report this week confirms there’s been a slight improvement in the Las Vegas job market.
Shopping is an event of its own at NFR
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
Cowboys and cowgirls will have a herd of opportunities to stock up on boots, jeans, hats, accessories and memorabilia during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Eva Longoria restaurant firm sues investor
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
Actress Eva Longoria’s bankrupt Las Vegas restaurant company is suing one of Longoria’s co-investors, demanding he return money paid to buy out his share of the business.
UNLV forecast says economy will remain flat
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
A UNLV index covering Southern Nevada's economy was flat this month, with mixed signals coming from the pivotal local tourism and gaming industry.
Righthaven offers new argument in bid to revive lawsuit
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
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.