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...
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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...
Johnson & Johnson agrees to $181 million settlement over Risperdal
When it comes to prescription medications, every step of the process matters. How they are tested, how they are manufactured, how they are marketed and how they are prescribed. Prescription medications taken for the wrong illness or by the wrong person can have...
$1B verdict against Samsung could affect Android phone users
A patent infringement lawsuit between rival mobile device programmers Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. ended on Aug. 26 with a jury decision that Samsung's cell phones and other products used Apple technology without permission. The jury ordered Samsung to pay...
Commercial litigation suit filed for airing of martial arts fight
A lawsuit has been filed due to a bootlegged airing of a recent Ultimate Fighting Championship. Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. purchased the exclusive rights to distribute the fight between the champion and the second-ranked fighter. This fight was viewed as one of the...
Woman’s dating service failure the subject of Clark County lawsuit
A dating service that does business in Clark County has been sued by a former client who says that the service did not fix her up with "suitable male companions" as promised. Instead, the woman behind the lawsuit claims, the company set her up with men that lived...


