A federal judge has dismissed two of the six securities lawsuits filed against MGM Resorts International over the decline of its stock price between 2007 and 2009.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. board members, including Steve Wynn and Kazuo Okada, were sued Tuesday by a shareholder who says their conduct has harmed the company.
The CEO of copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC is complaining that he's the victim of ''unconscionable'' ambush tactics by opposing attorneys in one of several lawsuits filed by the company.
New data issued Tuesday sent mixed signals about the Las Vegas-area residential real estate market. Debt rating agency Standard & Poor's issued its monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which cover data through January. S&P said Las Vegas-area prices in January fell to June 1996 levels, a post-recession low, as they slipped 0.5 percent from December and were down 9 percent from January 2011.
Station Casinos LLC of Las Vegas has scored a big win in its lawsuit against the City of Henderson over plans for the closed Roadhouse Casino to reopen as a nonrestricted casino.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. may be in sound financial condition today, but some shareholders are still trying to recover losses from a steep decline in the company’s stock price in late 2008.
In a metro area which is home to at least 185 grocery stores, can WinCo establish a successful long-term presence in Las Vegas with its 24-hour-per-day, warehouse-style discount formula?
Boise, Idaho-based WinCo Foods dates to 1967 but has only carried its current name since 1999 — the result of an employee contest spurred by competition from Walmart.
In what an attorney calls another ''nail in the coffin'' of Righthaven LLC, a Las Vegas judge has closed another of the copyright company’s noteworthy lawsuits.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Friday posted its first profit, saying it earned $72.6 million during the fourth quarter thanks to a special tax benefit.
Las Vegas casinos and bars are fighting back against what some attorneys say is an abusive trademark lawsuit involving karaoke performances. The Las Vegas lawsuit involves Slep-Tone Entertainment Corp. of Charlotte, N.C., which regularly sues bars and karaoke jockeys around the country.
Dale Cendali, one of the top U.S. copyright attorneys, made it clear Wednesday that she’s no longer representing struggling copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas.
Copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC’s legal setbacks continued Tuesday with a federal judge in Denver dismissing five more of its lawsuits.
Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas and its CEO may soon face a fine of $500 per day for every day that Righthaven fails to comply with a court order.
A court fight has erupted over plans by Spring Mountain Ranch State Park west of Las Vegas to end its 38-year relationship with a group of park volunteers called Spring Mountain Ranch Docents.
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming a network of Las Vegas doctors, attorneys and others received kickbacks in a scheme to defraud Allstate Insurance Co.
Analysts at Moody's Investors Service in New York have become more optimistic about business conditions for hotel-casino operators on the Las Vegas Strip. Hotel numbers in particular are looking better, Moody's said in a report Monday titled "Las Vegas Strip Gaming Recovery Brightens."
Las Vegas-based Top Rank Inc. is suing undefeated featherweight boxing champion Yuriorkis Gamboa after Gamboa backed out of an April 14 fight set for Mandalay Bay.
It’s almost certain that the Harmon hotel tower in Las Vegas — which a top CityCenter executive calls a “monument of construction defects” — will be demolished sooner or later in spectacular and unusual fashion. What’s unusual for the Harmon is that it’s a brand-new, almost-completed structure.
The swank 1 OAK nightclubs in Las Vegas and New York are suing a California man they claim is infringing on 1 OAK trademarks. Butter IPH LLC, a 1 OAK holding company, filed suit Friday in federal court in Las Vegas against Jayson Sanchez, who has a company in Los Angeles called "1oak Entertainment Group.''
Businessman Bob Beers has filed a libel and defamation lawsuit against his Las Vegas City Council election foe, Las Vegas Planning Commissioner Ric Truesdell.
Four days of hearings this week failed to resolve whether CityCenter can demolish its Harmon hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip prior to a jury trial on defective work there — and a new round of hearings is now set for July.
The step-by-step demise of Righthaven LLC continued Thursday when two of its own appeals were dismissed because of Righthaven’s failure to prosecute them.
The Palms in Las Vegas on Thursday said the Playboy Club there will close for undisclosed reasons. A spokesman was asked how many employees would be affected and what the Playboy Club space will be converted to, but he said the resort had no further details.
U.S. District Judge Philip Pro has signed an order transferring any interests Righthaven has in its 278 copyright registrations and its trademark to a receiver.
The Las Vegas-area real estate market improved in February, two reports issued this week show. Home Builders Research reported 310 new-home sales locally in February, lifting the total for the year to 526. The two-month total is up by 57 sales, or 12.2 percent, from the same period in 2011.
Casino-resort owner Wynn Resorts Ltd. of Las Vegas on Tuesday criticized as ''scurrilous'' the counterclaim filed against the company Monday by board member Kazuo Okada and his companies.
MGM Resorts, Perini square off in first day of court clash
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A hearing is under way on CityCenter’s request that it be allowed to demolish the never-occupied, $279 million Harmon hotel building on the Las Vegas Strip because of construction defects and safety concerns.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. board member Kazuo Okada hit the company and its directors with a lawsuit counterclaim Monday disputing the validity of Wynn’s redemption of his shares at a discount.
Attorneys for Wynn Resorts Ltd. board member Kazuo Okada signaled Monday that he would cite ambiguities in a federal anti-bribery law in defending against a Wynn Resorts lawsuit.
Two state Gaming Control Board agents can’t be sued for allegedly arresting a Reno gambler on suspicion that he failed to re-pay a casino a $950 overpayment, an appeals court ruled Friday.
Digital freedom group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has won another victory against the Las Vegas Review-Journal and its copyright enforcement partner.
A nurse investigated in the death of an infant at Sunrise Hospital filed suit Friday claiming she was defamed, wrongfully fired and made a scapegoat for hospital administrators — whom she claims conducted a shoddy investigation.
Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas posted a smaller loss in the fourth quarter than the same period a year earlier, the company disclosed in its annual report this week.
Key figures in the Las Vegas-area homeowner association criminal investigation have now been hit with a class-action civil lawsuit. The suit was filed Tuesday in Clark County District Court.
The nightclub and dayclub at the Tropicana in Las Vegas have been sold and will be rebranded for the third time in a year. The buyer is the New York-based ONE Group, which has clubs and restaurants around the country including STK restaurant at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The gradual demise of copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC continued Thursday, with a judge in Las Vegas threatening to dismiss seven more of its lawsuits. Las Vegas-based Righthaven tried to profit with 275 no-warning copyright infringement lawsuits filed in the past two years.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. board member Kazuo Okada will have to try harder to gain detailed financial information from the casino-resort giant after a court ruling Thursday.
The Las Vegas area ranked last among the nation’s 100 largest metro areas in the growth of exports from 2009 to 2010, a study released Wednesday shows.
Legal problems are snowballing for Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC, with a judge on Wednesday entering yet another judgment against the firm.
In a statement Wednesday, the SEC said the company had issued false and misleading press releases that touted lucrative agreements for the company’s food and beverage products.
Casino supplier Global Cash Access Holdings Inc. of Las Vegas on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter profit improved thanks to lower costs and its acquisition of a competitor.