Month: July 2012

The lawsuit between legendary Las Vegas performer Wayne Newton and the company that had planned to convert his estate into a public museum dedicated to the singer's career began on July 30 with Newton's attorney asking for extra security in the courtroom. The attorney...

Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment Corp. will not have to defend itself in litigation that alleges a Harrah's casino employee died of leukemia because of on-the-job smoke exposure. A federal judge recently dismissed the wrongful death suit, which she said should...

Palms Casino Resort, a mainstay of the Las Vegas Strip, is suing a former host for allegedly stealing confidential company information about thousands of high roller customers by sending the information to her personal email account. For her part, the former employee...

A new lawsuit alleging fraud and unfair competition in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas involves two baccarat machine makers involves a local company and a Canadian competitor who got into a dispute at a trade show in China. In this international legal dispute, Las...

The judge in a slip and fall lawsuit filed against a Las Vegas restaurant made an error in how he instructed the jury prior to deliberations, the Nevada Supreme Court recently ruled. Based on that error, the state's top court sent the case back to the trial court,...

A Las Vegas ATM operator is fending off a trio of lawsuits claiming that its ATM machines at Planet Hollywood casino and hotel charge fees without warning users. The suits, which are seeking class-action status, are not the first to be filed against the ATM company...

U.S. Bank has reached an agreement with plaintiffs from a series of lawsuits against the banking giant to settle accusations that it improperly calculated debit card and ATM transactions to drive up overdraft fees. If approved by the federal judge overseeing the case,...