A recent wireless trade show brought together innovative companies from around the country, some that are working to develop new technologies to try to stop drivers from texting behind the wheel.Many states, including eleven last year, have laws against texting while...
Month: March 2011
Supreme Court will hear appeal by Wal-Mart against class-action lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a class-action employment lawsuit that will have a long-standing impact on business litigation. The justices will be deciding whether a sex discrimination case brought by several plaintiffs against...
New class action lawsuit accuses Neflix of privacy breach
A new class action lawsuit filed against Neflix, the DVD-mailing and online-movie streaming business, accuses the company of violating customer privacy. The proposed class action lawsuit was filed last week in U.S. District Court. The lawsuit claims that the company...
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? Maybe not
The official Las Vegas tourism slogan is so successful that it has become a part of contemporary conversation across the country: "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" is everywhere. Often considered a lighthearted joke about "Sin City," the phrase has found its way...
Spinal cord injuries far too common in Nevada’s snowy playground
Northern Nevada is known as one of America's playgrounds, with its big, blue skies, towering mountains and world-class skiing.Unfortunately, because so many people take ski vacations in northern Nevada, the area sees more than its share of severe spinal injuries....
Putting a price on pain
How do you place prices on witnessing horror and physical pain? That difficult process is going on right now in a courtroom where a judge is listening to day after day of testimony from people injured in a September 2008 train crash.The judge is listening to the...
Harrah’s faces potential class action lawsuit over smoking hazard
Must an employer ensure that the air in the workplace is smoke-free? That's one of the questions that might be answered if a new lawsuit brought by the mother of a Harrah's employee has her way.Her son died a year ago of cancer after working at Harrah's New Orleans...
If Nevada mandates insurance hike, would it harm or help?
Nevada legislators are reportedly torn in two directions on a proposal to increase the state's minimum auto insurance levels.On one hand, lawmakers acknowledge that current insurance levels are too low to adequately address the high costs of medical care for accident...
Former Waitress Sues Las Vegas Nightclub in Federal Court
A popular nightclub empire is defending itself from the accusations made by a former cocktail waitress who claims she worked in a hostile work environment where the employees were expected to use cocaine and alcohol while tolerating sexual harassment and...
Las Vegas discount ticket firms agree to end lawsuits
Two years have come and gone as a pair of Las Vegas ticket firms have exchanged accusations.In fact, the two companies here exchanged more than accusations: they filed litigation against each other as well. Tix Corporation, a discount ticketing firm and entertainment...