Las Vegas Sands Corp. shareholders suing over the near-collapse of Sands’ stock price beginning in 2007 won a tactical victory in their suit Wednesday when a judge refused to dismiss most of the complaint.
The exclusive Spanish Trail Country Club, which has a 27-hole golf course, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Wednesday in Las Vegas. The filing appeared to be an initiative to block efforts by a lender to take over.
First Transit Inc. of Cincinnati is suing the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada in hopes a judge will award it a disputed bus contract worth $83 million per year.
A federal judge today suggested for a second time that Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC has been involved in the unauthorized practice of law.
In a state still mired in recession with 12.9 percent unemployment, just 33 Nevada companies are included in the new Inc. Magazine list of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing companies.
The family-friendly Circus Circus in Las Vegas will soon offer another attraction for kids: an interactive exhibit themed after the animator who created the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoon characters.
Six guests of the Aria hotel in Las Vegas sued the property and its builder Tuesday, charging they acquired Legionnaire’s disease there and then endured pain and suffering and incurred hefty medical bills while recovering.
Two years after they were accused of defrauding banks and other counts of wrongdoing, former Las Vegas gaming executives Robert Cucinotta and Karim Maskatiya appear to be making good progress in clearing their names.
The owner of the T.J. Maxx retail chain was sued in Las Vegas on Monday over allegations salaried shift supervisors at a local warehouse have been improperly classified as managers and denied overtime wages. The suit also alleges violations of Nevada's state wage statute.
More than $45 million in financing and some 250 construction jobs for a solar plant planned near Las Vegas are in jeopardy because of delays in buying land for the plant, a lawsuit filed Friday says.
Another heavily-litigated Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit has been dismissed because of Righthaven’s lack of standing to sue over Las Vegas Review-Journal content.
In a victory for nonunion contractors, a state judge has ordered Clark County to revise its bidding plan for the first phase of a renovation project for the county jail in Las Vegas.
The bankrupt Hooters casino resort in Las Vegas wants to explore alternatives to a forced foreclosure including raising capital, a merger or a sale of the property.
MGM Resorts International stock tumbled this morning as investors absorbed a double dose of news about the Las Vegas company and the broader stock market.
A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a plan in which restaurant and casino operator Landry’s Restaurants Inc. of Houston is bailing out Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant in Las Vegas.
The Tropicana Las Vegas resort has settled a trademark lawsuit with investor Carl Icahn’s gaming company. Tropicana Las Vegas will have the exclusive right to use the “Tropicana Las Vegas” and the “Tropicana LV” names and marks within 50 miles of its Las Vegas Strip casino.
A judge didn’t rule on a request by Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant that Landry’s Restaurants be allowed to run the business and advance funds to keep it afloat.
Interstate Plumbing & Air Conditioning LLC of Las Vegas clarified Monday that not all of its workers were laid off last week, as it initially said. The company said Monday its service business is fully functional and taking orders.
In yet another stunning reversal for Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC, the company won’t be collecting any damages from a man it once branded as a copyright infringer.
Station Casinos LLC, the company that emerged from the Station Casinos bankruptcy in June, today said revenue and profit from operations improved for the second quarter ended June 30.
Proposed timetable calls for demolition to be completed in 6 months
Monday, Aug. 15, 2011
MGM Resorts International today said it’s recommending to Clark County that the quarter-billion-dollar Harmon Hotel at CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip be demolished because of construction defects. MGM Resorts said it is seeking Clark County Building Department approval to raze the empty, unused building.
The Cosmopolitan resort posted another quarterly loss on Monday as it intensifies efforts to boost casino revenue. The property’s owner, Nevada Property 1 LLC, said it lost $54.3 million on net revenue of $126.1 million for the second quarter ended June 30.
With complaints piling up about copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC, Righthaven says the criticism is getting out of hand in one case and it’s objecting to what it calls a "hatchet job" by defense attorneys.
One thing is for certain after the latest round of legal wrangling over Steve Wynn’s casino tip-sharing policy: The litigation will continue well into 2012. Attorneys spent most of Friday afternoon arguing in Clark County District Court about whether state law permits Wynn Resorts Ltd. to require hundreds of dealers at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore to share tips with supervisors.
A Las Vegas judge signaled Friday that he wants to take a closer look at one of the Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuits — and that may not be good news for Righthaven.
Las Vegas-based casino operator Affinity Gaming LLC — the former Herbst Gaming — on Friday said business was flat in the second quarter as it posted a smaller profit.
American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, owner of four hotel-casinos in Southern Nevada, on Friday reported a smaller second-quarter loss as revenue increased slightly.
The stock of Las Vegas-based slot machine maker Bally Technologies Inc. sunk this morning after the company's profit fell in its fourth fiscal quarter.
A civil rights lawsuit was filed against Las Vegas police Thursday over the July 29 slaying of jail inmate Francesco Sanfilippo — allegedly at the hands of teen cellmate Carl Guilford.
A bank is disputing assertions by a bankrupt Henderson church that certain funds donated by church members are not part of the church's bankruptcy estate. The Church at South Las Vegas filed for bankruptcy protection and reorganization July 8.
Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC has been lying to a federal judge as it tries to avoid the consequences of its lawsuits, defense attorneys charged Wednesday.
Casino operator Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas reported a second quarter loss Tuesday as business deteriorated at its properties in Atlantic City and Nevada.
The Las Vegas Hilton reported another quarterly loss on Tuesday and disclosed it’s been skipping interest payments on a loan, putting it into default status. The 2,950-room Paradise Road hotel-casino lost $8.864 million in the second quarter vs. a loss of $9.851 million in 2010’s second quarter.
Station Casinos LLC, the Las Vegas company now operating out of bankruptcy, received a speculative-grade "B" corporate credit rating Monday from debt rater Standard & Poor’s.
Restaurant and casino operator Landry’s Restaurants Inc. has stepped in to prevent the closure of Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant in Las Vegas – and Landry's now hopes to buy Beso out of bankruptcy.
The defunct Heart Check America health care body imaging company has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in Las Vegas charging deceptive trade practices.
Interstate Plumbing & Air Conditioning LLC, a big multistate contractor based in Las Vegas, has suspended some operations because of financial problems.
Las Vegas businessman Jean Marc El Jwaidi continues to wheel and deal in his bankruptcy case – and is now signaling that he again wants to invest in commercial real estate.
With its stock price hammered along with the rest of the stock market, potential further economic turmoil was the elephant in the room during MGM’s earnings conference call.