A lawsuit claiming retired NFL star Jonathan Ogden’s foundation failed to pay for use of a Southern Nevada golf course for a charity event was closed Tuesday after a confidential settlement was reached.
In a glimmer of improvement for the struggling Las Vegas economy and its largest private employer, financial analysts in New York on Wednesday boosted their outlook for MGM Resorts International.
A Nevada judge refused a request Tuesday that she cancel a $1 million undercard bout on Saturday’s Pacquiao vs. Marquez fight card in Las Vegas. The request came in an Oct. 20 lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court by Gary Shaw Productions LLC and Thompson Boxing Promotions Inc. against Top Rank Inc. Shaw and Thompson sought a temporary restraining order to halt the undercard fight pitting Timothy Bradley Jr. against Cuba’s Joel Casamayor.
The owner of the Forum Shops at Caesars has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a two-year-old lawsuit charging Hispanic janitors there were subjected to discrimination. Simon Property Group Inc. had been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in federal court in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas-area home prices continued their downward trend in October, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Monday. Realtors said the median price of single-family homes sold in October was $121,000.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and its partner in suing borrowers in defaulted loans of failed banks have lost a second Nevada lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Lloyd George became the second Nevada federal judge in less than a month to find the FDIC and distressed debt investor and homebuilder Lennar Corp. can't pursue their state-law claims in federal court.
Attorneys trying to collect $63,720 in fees from Righthaven LLC stepped up the pressure Sunday, asking a court to require that Righthaven’s CEO and his wife be ordered to appear for an examination about the company’s finances.
The City of Las Vegas has sued a local contractor it says is "holding hostage’’ certain architectural elements for the Mob Museum under construction downtown.
Sex industry operator Harry Mohney is suing a Las Vegas erotic art curator, charging she caused problems with the IRS for him by providing a faulty appraisal of adult material he donated to the local Erotic Heritage Museum.
MGM Resorts International executives today said a broad-based recovery is continuing in the Las Vegas hotel-casino market despite national economic worries.
Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas signaled Wednesday that a creditor will have to jump through more hoops before it gains control of Righthaven’s assets.
Neither side is backing down in the Hooters Las Vegas casino resort bankruptcy case, with Hooters’ main creditor asserting again Wednesday it should be allowed to foreclose on and sell the property.
Hotel-casino operator Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas on Wednesday posted a third quarter profit, even as its Nevada properties continued to struggle through the recession.
National real estate brokerage and advisory firm Grubb & Ellis Co. on Wednesday said it was hired by banks to promote the Dec. 12 bankruptcy auction of 1,340 acres of land in the undeveloped Park Highlands planned community in North Las Vegas — one of the largest such auctions locally in years.
Las Vegas copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC’s financial problems grew Tuesday when the federal court in Las Vegas commanded the U.S. Marshals Service to seize more than $63,000 in Righthaven assets to satisfy a creditor’s judgment and costs.
Las Vegas-area apartment rents declined again in the third quarter, a local consulting firm reported Tuesday. Applied Analysis said its study of the market found the average rent was $752 per month. Applied Analysis said its study of the market found the average rent was $752 per month.
The first scheduled trial in a Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit was called off Tuesday so a judge could consider whether Righthaven had standing to file the suit.
Two commercial real estate developments in Southern Nevada have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reorganization to block foreclosures planned by their lenders.
A former Bank of Las Vegas president has sued the bank’s parent company, contending the financial institution wrongly refused to pay him severance due under his employment contract.
For years, street performers and Las Vegas casino operators have clashed over whether the sidewalks along the Strip and Fremont Street are a public stage or private property. Now, a new court ruling suggests police and casino security personnel will be held accountable if the free speech rights of those performing on the sidewalks are threatened.
In a familiar pattern, Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC missed deadlines in two of its lawsuits Friday, prompting a creditor in one of the suits Saturday to again ask that U.S. Marshals seize its assets.
Calling itself an "exemplary employer and an upstanding corporate citizen," hotel and casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. on Friday denied allegations in a lawsuit that three elite executive security officers were not promoted because they are black.
The Hooters hotel-casino in Las Vegas says it’s making progress in attracting investors, but that it also needs more time to resolve its bankruptcy case.
The Nevada Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to rein in companies that invest in defaulted commercial real estate loans, foreclose on the properties and then seek deficiency judgments against loan guarantors.
The Southern Nevada economy will likely sputter along for the next four to six months without much job creation, a new report from UNLV says. The Southern Nevada Index of Leading Economic Indicators for October was essentially flat.
Attorneys for the CityCenter resort complex on the Las Vegas Strip asked a judge Wednesday to approve additional testing of the flawed Harmon Hotel — work that would precede the planned implosion of the building. The tests are needed to collect evidence for use in the massive lawsuit over unpaid bills for construction of the $279 million Harmon, and counterclaims that construction defects there have left the building unusable and in danger of collapsing in an earthquake.
Newspaper copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas was hit Wednesday with an order to pay $119,488 in attorney's fees and costs in its failed lawsuit against former federal prosecutor Thomas DiBiase.
Las Vegas-based slot machine maker and casino systems supplier Bally Technologies Inc. said today its fiscal 2012 first-quarter profit fell slightly, even as revenue increased.
Fitch Ratings on Wednesday revised its rating outlook on the debt of Boyd Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas from stable to negative, citing factors including difficult operating conditions in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC was hit with another legal problem Tuesday in the form of a sanctions motion against its main outside attorney.
The first trial in a Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit is set for Nov. 7, causing Righthaven and an adversary to now blame each other for not resolving the suit prior to trial.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas has scored an initial legal victory over a Florida man who claims to own the trademark to the name “Octavius Tower.” Caesars is preparing to open its expanded 668-room Octavius Tower at Caesars Palace.
Las Vegas home values slid in August to a new post-recession low — and to levels last seen in October 1998 — in a widely-watched real estate report released today. The report found values fell 0.3 percent Las Vegas from July to August.
The bankrupt Las Vegas Mob Experience attraction at the Tropicana resort received interim approval Monday for a loan to fund operating losses and to keep the business open until it’s sold.
Las Vegas-area firms settle suit over rights to porn classics
Monday, Oct. 24, 2011
Two Las Vegas-area adult film distributors have settled their trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit over the nationwide rights to distribute porn classics "Deep Throat" and "Debbie Does Dallas."
The first objection was filed Friday in what’s likely to be a contentious bankruptcy reorganization by the Las Vegas Mob Experience at the Tropicana Resort.
Four Floyd Mayweather Jr. companies were removed from one of the lawsuits against the Las Vegas boxer Friday after his attorney said the companies had nothing to do with the matter at issue.
A federal judge suggested Friday he’ll dismiss another Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit because of the company’s lack of standing to sue over Las Vegas Review-Journal material.
The massive and long-delayed CityCenter construction litigation in Las Vegas could get back on track soon now that the Nevada Supreme Court has resolved a side issue.
A judge on Thursday gave the 2,950-room Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino more time to fight efforts by its lender to foreclose on the property and install a receiver to displace the current management.