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In some situations, a Nevada business may decide to settle major litigation against it rather than go to trial, even if the business is confident that it is in the right. Even if a business believes it would prevail in court, the potential expense of continuing the...

Certain jobs in Las Vegas come with an employment contract. When the person leave the company, certain provisions in the contract may follow them. Examples of this could include a non-compete clause or other provisions designed to protect the business from being...

In our previous post, we discussed negotiations between attorneys for the City of Henderson and the real estate developer to settle the city's litigation related to a proposed series of sports arenas on a 485-acre plot of federally-owned land. City officials accused...

Indications are that the city of Henderson is working on settling its commercial litigation against the man who proposed to build a $1 billion series of sports arenas. As we have previously discussed in this business dispute blog, construction never began on the...

An appeal filed by a law school instructor against the school alleging that the school discriminated against her due to her political beliefs has been rejected by the federal court. The instructor had lost on one count at trial and the jury failed to reach a verdict...

In an announcement that could affect three cases of business litigation, Las Vegas Sands Corp. said on March 1 that it was "likely" that its branch in Macau violated U.S. federal law in its dealings there. Sands is facing investigations by the U.S. Securities and...

The city of Henderson has revealed new evidence that it says bolsters its claim that the developer behind a proposed complex of sports arenas never intended to build the complex and instead sought to sell off the land for new home building. Henderson officials say...

Readers in Southern Nevada likely followed the story of the Carnival cruise ship Triumph, which suffered engine failure in the Gulf of Mexico and was adrift for five days before being dragged to shore on Feb. 15. Passengers on the Triumph reported clogged bathrooms...

Back on Jan. 31, we brought you the story of a lawsuit filed by the city of Henderson against a real estate developer and his team that was behind an agreement to develop a multisport complex of arenas to lure professional sports teams to the area. That commercial...

A regional chapter of the Sierra Club has filed federal litigation against the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency over a new plan to delegate decisions on real estate development to local governments. The environmental group and its co-plaintiffs say that the plan will...