The development team behind a proposed $1 billion complex of sports arenas in Henderson perpetrated a business fraud against the city of Henderson and the federal government, according to commercial litigation filed by the city against five defendants. Henderson...

Owners of tax preparation businesses in Southern Nevada may be glad to hear that strict new regulations of tax preparers proposed by the IRS were shot down by a federal judge in Jan. 18. Attorneys for three tax preparers who filed the litigation against the new...

A Las Vegas woman who nearly died after being attacked by her former boyfriend in 2010 has filed a lawsuit against the Internet dating site she met him through. The plaintiff says in her complaint that the defendant, Match.com, contributed to her injuries by failing...

Accusations of fraud filed in federal court in Nevada against a business that purported to help its clients' Internet companies succeed were settled Jan. 17. The Federal Trade Commission, which filed the commercial litigation, got most of the 40 defendants to agree to...

A mixed-martial arts promotion is in breach of contract litigation with one of its best fighters who tried to jump to Las Vegas-based UFC. At issue is whether the fighter breached a clause in his contract with Bellator MMA, the promotion in the litigation, by failing...

While personal injury incidents involving broken elevator are relatively rare in Southern Nevada, when they do those injured in the accident may pursue litigation from the business that owns the building. In an example from another state, an 84-year-old man was...

In an interesting step, commercial litigation over a contract dispute with a Las Vegas airline led a judge in another state to order one of the airline's fleet of jets grounded -- stranding at least 130 passengers who were set to take flight. A day later, there was...

Fraud litigation filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over a Nevada gold mining operation conducted by an out-of-state company was settled recently, possibly opening the door for the accused company's investors to pursue their losses in civil court....

Patent infringement litigation in Nevada and across the U.S. can lead to huge verdicts. In a recent example, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a manufacturer of microchips, was recently ordered to pay $1.17 billion in damages to a university for violating the...