A Texas clothing company has struck back in a lingering trademark infringement dispute with the Palazzo hotel-casino.The Las Vegas Strip resort has been hit with trademark infringement litigation over its use of the word "palazzo" on items of clothing sells. The...
Month: January 2011
Two Crashes in One Day Leaves Four Dead, One Permanently Injured
A car accident triggered a rescue effort by helicopter. Then a second accident, much worse than the first one, ended four lives and left a young woman with a lifelong injury.The second accident is the subject of lawsuits filed by the families of the...
Frosted: Las Vegas Cupcake Shop Owner Wants End to Litigation
She owns three cupcake shops in Las Vegas. He owns three in Texas.She's his niece and he's her uncle. They used to be business partners, but now they're on opposite sides of business litigation. Pamela Jenkins owns the trio of Cupcakery stores in the Las Vegas metro...
Las Vegas Businessman Sues for $20 Million, Alleging Fraud
A Las Vegas businessman claims he's been defrauded by a man in Utah who is already the subject of a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that he's scammed consumers out of $275 million.The Las Vegas businessman is in his newly filed litigation asking the court...
Regulators Aim at Reducing Injuries, Deaths in Vehicle Rollovers
In the 1990s and early 2000s, Ford Motor Company and Firestone were linked to deadly rollover crashes involving Ford's SUVs and Firestone's tires.Those crashes spurred the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other federal government agencies to pursue...
Eva Longoria: Sued and Then Sued Again
Actress Eva Longoria got a double dose of bad news this week in separate courtrooms.A partner in her Las Vegas restaurant is suing the "Desperate Housewives" star for allegedly breaking California's usury law. Longoria is facing litigation from the same business...
Nevada Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of $30 Million Verdict
The Nevada Supreme Court flattened Goodyear's request to reconsider its ruling upholding a $30 million judgment against the tire company in a wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit.By a 6 to 1 margin, the state's highest court upheld the award in a 2004 case in...
Maloof and Morton End Legal Battle With ‘Amicable Settlement’
We have written before in this space about the heavyweight Las Vegas legal battle between Palms hotel-casino President George Maloof and nightclub and restaurant operator Michael Morton.The two recently announced their litigation has ended in an "amicable and mutually...