Trial is set to begin Oct. 4 in a class-action lawsuit claiming Vision Airlines Inc. of North Las Vegas pocketed tens of millions of dollars of hazard pay that was due flight crews assigned to dangerous war-related missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Plenty of unanswered questions remain about the Las Vegas Review-Journal's online copyright infringement lawsuit campaign, observers said during a radio news discussion Tuesday.
Why in the worst local economy in memory would a company want to reopen the closed Ritz-Carlton hotel at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson? The answer, says Dolce Hotels and Resorts CEO Steven A. Rudnitsky, is that the property represents a great opportunity for Dolce as the economy recovers. That’s because the hotel is well-suited to Dolce’s main line of business.
Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC has suffered a legal setback, with the newest federal judge in Las Vegas ruling one of the Righthaven defendants may have a meritorious defense in arguing the Las Vegas Review-Journal provides an "implied license" for the online reposting of its stories.
Even as Las Vegas online copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC continues to file new lawsuits, work appears to be piling up for its attorneys as additional defendants retain law firms to either fight back in court or represent them in settlement talks.
A group fighting the establishment of a prison in Pahrump is among the latest to be sued for copyright infringement after a Las Vegas Review-Journal story allegedly was posted on its website.
The Nevada agency that regulates attorneys is looking into a grievance filed against the CEO of Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas copyright enforcement company that sues over unauthorized online postings of Review-Journal stories.
More than 400 employees of the Plaza Hotel & Casino face layoffs in the next 60 days as the downtown Las Vegas property closes its 1,037-room hotel and portions of its casino in early November.
Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas company suing website operators over copyright infringements involving Las Vegas Review-Journal stories, has reached settlements with at least two more defendants.
Another company facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Righthaven LLC is fighting back, this time calling the Las Vegas company’s litigation campaign “a parasitical abuse” of judicial resources.
A quick settlement has been reached in a copyright infringement lawsuit pitting Righthaven LLC against the largest public relations company in Las Vegas.
The big Consolidated Resorts Inc. timeshare bankruptcy case is winding down in Las Vegas, with businessman Arthur Spector purchasing some of his company's resort assets out of bankruptcy for $13.851 million.
Advocates for the legalization of marijuana and a Florida dating website operator are among the latest to be sued for copyright infringement after Las Vegas Review-Journal stories allegedly were posted on their websites.
American legal and media insiders seem to agree the unauthorized online re-posting of newspaper content is an issue. Some agree it’s a problem. But uncertainties abound in quantifying how it may be affecting newspaper revenue.
Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC's legal action against Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle is bringing wider attention to the company's online copyright infringement lawsuit campaign.
Even as Righthaven LLC made headlines for suing Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle last week, attorneys in another Righthaven case accused the firm of misusing the legal system to carry out its copyright infringement lawsuit campaign.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s copyright infringement lawsuit partner on Friday sued U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle over R-J material posted on her website, allegedly without authorization. The suit seeks damages of $150,000 against Angle and forfeiture of her website domain name.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal's online copyright enforcement partner won an important legal ruling in federal court Thursday -- just as a new round of criticism erupted over the no-warning lawsuit campaign.
Freeman, a big player in the convention and tradeshow industry in Las Vegas and other cities, announced today it's growing by buying Las Vegas-based Encore Productions.
A Washington, D.C., group advocating against taxes on food is among the latest to be sued for copyright infringement after a Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial was posted on its website. The suit seeks $75,000 in damages and forfeiture of the defendant's domain name.
"Improving public relations" doesn't seem to be high on the to-do list at Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC. Righthaven sued Kirvin Doak Communications, a longtime source of news and advertising revenue for the R-J.
Some commentators are wondering why the Las Vegas Sun, and our sister publication In Business Las Vegas, have published so many stories about the Las Vegas Review-Journal/Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit campaign.
Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC won a legal victory in one of its lawsuits Tuesday when a federal judge refused to dismiss the suit.
Las Vegas-area home prices fell again in June as high unemployment and foreclosures continued to dampen the market. Debt-rating agency Standard & Poor's today issued its monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, and they once again show the Southern Nevada real estate market continues to lag the national market.
The Riviera Las Vegas hotel-casino would be spruced up and receive new gaming equipment under its parent company's bankruptcy reorganization plan. Unable to service its approximately $291 million in debt and liabilities, Riviera Holdings Corp. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in Las Vegas on July 12.
Changes are likely at 1st Commerce Bank in North Las Vegas after two events Friday. A sister company, Bank of Las Vegas, revealed it is seeking approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to consolidate 1st Commerce Bank into Bank of Las Vegas.
Operators of four more websites were hit Thursday with copyright infringement lawsuits alleging material from the Las Vegas Review-Journal was posted on the sites without authorization.
Hearing in federal court brings first public comments from judge
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010
A federal judge on Thursday questioned Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC about the litigation costs it's expecting defendants to pay. Righthaven since March has retroactively sued at least 103 website owners.
An influential group that works to promote freedom of speech on the Internet will try to help some of the defendants that have been sued by Righthaven LLC for posting material online from the Review-Journal.
Las Vegas hotel-casino operator Riviera Holdings Corp., which is reorganizing in bankruptcy, reported a smaller second quarter loss even as revenue fell.
Detroit law firm Dickinson Wright PLLC has expanded to Las Vegas by combining with Las Vegas firm Gibson Lowry Burris LLP. Steven Gibson is the CEO of Righthaven LLC, a firm that has partnered with the Review-Journal in filing copyright infringement lawsuits.
Two companies with big Southern Nevada operations are included in Fortune magazine's new list of the 100 fastest-growing public companies. Las Vegas airline company Allegiant Travel Co. is ranked No. 25 while Amazon.com of Seattle, owner of Henderson-based retailer Zappos.com, is ranked No. 30.
One of the bloggers being sued for posting a Las Vegas Review-Journal story online without authorization is asking that the copyright infringement lawsuit against him be closed and that he pay minimal damages of $200.
Station Casinos Inc. of Las Vegas has settled with a second group of creditors that had been fighting its bankruptcy reorganization plan, likely keeping the plan on track for approval next week.
Regional bank operator Western Alliance Bancorporation of Las Vegas today announced plans to raise up to $53 million through a secondary public stock offering – with some of the cash raised earmarked for beefing up its balance sheet.
The Las Vegas-area bus system has stopped using the “ACE” name for some premium buses and routes after it was sued for trademark infringement by Ace Cab Inc. An RTC official said the name was dropped "to avoid a lengthy legal battle.”
The dispute over whether the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino must pay royalties for using the "Tropicana" trademark is continuing, with investor Carl Icahn's Tropicana Entertainment Inc. filing a new lawsuit.
Las Vegas locals gaming leader Station Casinos Inc. today said its second quarter loss widened as revenue slumped and costs associated with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization came in at nearly $38 million.
Mandalay Bay has won the right to evict the Rumjungle nightclub there and the club is now closed. The club closed Monday and Mandalay Bay is evaluating new concepts for the space.
Righthaven LLC, the company suing website owners over copyrights to Las Vegas Review-Journal stories, has reached confidential settlements with two more defendants.
The Democratic Underground, which operates a big political website from Washington, D.C., is the latest website owner to be sued for copyright infringement after a portion of an R-J story was posted on its website.
Even as it invests $147 million in upgrading its property, the Las Vegas Tropicana hotel-casino posted a $10.8 million loss on declining revenue in the second quarter.
Las Vegas gaming operator American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC posted a second quarter loss today as it wrote down the value of its Stratosphere hotel-casino.