A legendary rock 'n' roll club in Liverpool, England is suing the owners of the Hard Rock Café chain of restaurants over the use of its name. The copyright infringement lawsuit, filed in Las Vegas, accuses some of the Hard Rock locations of using the club's...
Month: November 2011
Failed Las Vegas casino project leads to $700M lawsuit
The would-be backers of the failed Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino and resort have filed a $700 million lawsuit against the company behind the project. They are accusing the company of committing "massive fraud" investors by covering up problems with the Fontainebleau...
Vintage porn collector sues appraiser for overvaluing items
A Las Vegas man who claims to have once owned the largest collection of vintage 16mm pornographic films in the world is suing the woman he hired to appraise certain pieces of his collection after the IRS rejected most of his claimed deductions based on those...
Child loses part of finger at day care center
When you send your young child to day care while you go to work, you are putting your trust in the facility's employees that the child will be closely supervised and kept out of harm's way as much as possible. But one Las Vegas day care center has allegedly broken...
Employment discrimination suit dropped, settlement finalized
As this blog has previously mentioned, there are some times where it is more strategic to agree to a settlement than prove your company has been falsely accused of employment discrimination. Going through litigation could open your company up to negative publicity or...
Shaquille O’Neal wins lawsuit over trademark infringement
Everyone in Las Vegas has heard of Shaquille O'Neal. The long-time basketball player and former Phoenix Sun has recently had to deal with an off-the-court challenge, a trademark infringement lawsuit. O'Neal recently won his lawsuit against an online sports apparel and...