Las Vegas Sands has been ordered by a judge to pay $25,000 to the Legal Aid Center of Nevada, and to cover attorney's fees for a previous employee that was fired. The company owns significant casino operations in Macau, China, and it claims that the executive was...
Month: September 2012
Boxers duke it out in the courtroom
There are many ways in which visitors to Las Vegas spend their time. Several times a year, a big draw is boxing matches with famous boxers headlining. While most boxers save their fighting for the ring, two men, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, have taken a...
Business loan to Las Vegas nightclub subject of lawsuit
A Las Vegas nightclub mogul is suing his former partners in a club located on the Strip over a $700,000 loan he says the partners never repaid. He is seeking nearly $800,000 in damages, which would include the cost of the loan, plus interest and damages.The nightclub...
Shareholder lawsuit over failed Elvis casino settles for $950K
The plaintiffs in a lawsuit over a would-be casino resort dedicated to Elvis Presley have settled their litigation against the investment group that declared bankruptcy after the project failed. The group of plaintiffs, all of whom were shareholders in the company,...
Wynn prevails in defamation lawsuit against Joe Francis
Las Vegas-based casino mogul Steve Wynn won his lawsuit against adult video producer Joe Francis on Sep. 10. The jury in the case, in which Wynn sued Francis for defamation after the "Girls Gone Wild" founder claimed in interviews that Wynn had threatened to murder...
Contract dispute continues over Wayne Newton’s museum and estate
The lawsuit continues over the proposed "Wayne Newton's Casa de Shenandoah" on the 39.5 acre estate in Las Vegas where Newton lives with his wife. The management company, CSD LLC, that the Newtons have a 20 percent interest in and agreed to develop the tourist...
Mandalay Bay restaurant settles 1 employee lawsuit, faces another
Back on Feb. 17, we brought you the story of a Las Vegas Strip restaurant and the lawsuit brought against it by two former bartenders, who contended that the restaurant's manager sexually harassed them. That litigation is now over after the restaurant, RM Seafood at...