The tale of Las Vegas "Stripper 101'' exotic dance instructors claiming to have been secretly videotaped in their classroom and dressing room took a twist when their producer offered to pay them $1 million if they pass a lie detector test.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas sued a Chinese website operator Tuesday, claiming the defendant is operating a counterfeit version of the Cosmopolitan website.
Efforts to raise Nevada’s gaming, mining and business taxes through the initiative process never seem to get far — and that held true Tuesday when Kermitt Waters’ latest effort was rejected by a judge. Part of a lawsuit filed by Waters to get a tax initiative on the ballot — this one exempting large casinos — was rejected by Clark County District Court Judge Jerry Wiese in Las Vegas.
With the nation’s highest unemployment rate at 11.7 percent, it will take Nevada more than five years to gain back all the jobs lost here during the recession.
A legal battle is under way over complaints that students and instructors in a "Stripper 101" class were secretly videotaped ''performing very personal and private acts.'' The producer denies the allegations.
Shareholders have struck out with two of their lawsuits over the decline of MGM Resorts International’s stock price between 2007 and 2009. Six suits were filed in the fall of 2009, and four remain active in federal court.
Attorneys for one of the Righthaven copyright infringement lawsuit defendants are urging an appeals court not to give Righthaven a procedural break, saying it should face the consequences of its own mistakes.
The Silver Legacy Resort Casino in Reno, half owned by MGM Resorts International, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Nevada.
Work on entertainer Wayne Newton’s museum in Las Vegas has stalled because of disputes between Newton and his partner, a new lawsuit says. CSD LLC, the company that teamed with Newton on the attraction, and two related firms filed suit against Newton and two of his family members.
A Nevada state judge on Thursday indicated she needs more information before deciding whether Wynn Resorts Ltd. must turn over more records to board member and Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada.
A jump in repossession activity in April caused Nevada to reclaim its dubious No. 1 position as the state with the highest rate of foreclosures, data released Wednesday show.
Attorneys for Wynn Resorts Ltd. of Las Vegas say dissident board member Kazuo Okada’s latest demand for company documents is a ''fishing expedition'' that should be rejected by a Nevada judge.
The federal government on Monday filed a trespassing lawsuit against a Southern Nevada rancher who for years has been fighting orders that he remove his cattle from public land.
Company officials not saying whether new store will affect operation at Las Vegas Outlet Center Annex
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Luxury retailer Saks Inc. plans to open an outlet store in downtown Las Vegas in 2015, a mall owner announced Monday. Simon Property Group Inc., the Indianapolis-based owner of Las Vegas Premium Outlets–North, said Saks would open a Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH store there three years from now. Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, according to Saks, strives to be "the premier luxury off-price retailer in the United States."
A fired worker is suing the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, claiming she and other employees weren’t paid for all hours worked and were shorted on overtime.
Stratosphere hotel-casino owner American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC on Friday reported continued improvements in business with a smaller quarterly loss on higher revenue.
Creditors in the Rhodes Homes bankruptcy case in Las Vegas are suing company founder Jim Rhodes in hopes of seizing his valuable land holdings near Red Rock and recovering hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.
Even as it hopes for financial improvements with a capital investment program, the Riviera on the Las Vegas Strip reported Friday that it lost $4 million during the first quarter ending March 31.
The latest residential real estate data show a good-news, bad-news scenario continuing for Las Vegas. The bad news is that among 146 of the largest housing markets in the United States, Las Vegas was one of 72 markets to see prices decline in the first quarter from a year earlier.
Women’s wear retailer Betsey Johnson LLC on Friday launched going-out-of-business sales at its stores in the Las Vegas area and around the world after filing for bankruptcy.
The owner of Nevada-based construction supplier Ahern Rentals Inc. has received a boost in his efforts to maintain control of the company as it works its way through the bankruptcy process.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on the Strip has reported a smaller first-quarter loss than last year with a big jump in nongaming revenue. The Cosmopolitan lost $23.4 million in this year’s first quarter vs. a loss of $56.8 million in the first quarter of 2011.
Slot machine maker WMS Gaming Inc. and four casino operators were sued Wednesday over allegations certain of their slots infringe on a Virginia company’s patent.
The Las Vegas Monorail appears poised to emerge from bankruptcy after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Markell on Wednesday said its latest reorganization plan is feasible.
In another clash between casino billionaires Kazuo Okada and Steve Wynn, Okada’s attorneys have gone back to Nevada state court in hopes of prying financial information and other records from Wynn.
Manufacturing, an often overlooked part of the Southern Nevada economy, is receiving renewed attention as a new report highlights possibilities for beefing up the sector.
Las Vegas-based utility companies Southwest Gas Corp. and NV Energy are reporting higher first-quarter profits. Southwest Gas last week said it earned $78.9 million, or $1.70 per share, on operating revenue of $657.7 million.
The Tropicana Las Vegas on Monday posted a smaller first-quarter loss as revenue improved. In its quarterly report, the hotel-casino said it lost $8.02 million in the quarter ending March 31 vs. a loss in the year-ago quarter of $9.07 million.
A flurry of new data is sending mixed messages about trends in the Las Vegas-area residential real estate market. First, data provider CoreLogic of Santa Ana, Calif., reported that Las Vegas-area home prices in March fell 5.1 percent from March 2011.
Las Vegas developer Bill Plise revealed in Bankruptcy Court on Monday he's in debt to the tune of a staggering $506.5 million, while his assets are valued at just $4,738. Plise filed for personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on April 23.
Former Las Vegas casino and topless club investor Luke Brugnara is being sued over allegations he trashed a rental home in Las Vegas. Brugnara nearly two years ago was sentenced in California to two and a half years in prison for tax evasion and poaching steelhead trout.
Creditors of Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC are licking their wounds after no one bid for Righthaven copyrights in an eBay auction that ended Saturday.
A retired Metro Police officer and his wife have agreed to plead guilty in a bank fraud case involving a downtown Las Vegas cafe — a case running parallel with the Las Vegas area's homeowner association corruption scandal.
A Las Vegas homeowners association says it was defrauded by the late construction defect attorney Nancy Quon’s law firm and should not have to pay fees to what’s left of the firm. Quon was found dead in March.
With buyers not exactly beating down the door for Righthaven LLC’s trademark and certain copyrights, an auction for those items was extended Wednesday.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Clark County officials not to conduct a coroner’s inquest planned for Thursday — the first such inquest under controversial new procedures more favorable to family members of people killed by police.
Eight more alleged “straw buyers’’ have been identified in the Las Vegas-area homeowners association corruption investigation dating to 2008 or earlier.