Las Vegas Litigation Law Blog

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...

An unfinished hotel tower that was to be part of an ill-fated addition to the Las Vegas Strip should be torn down as soon as possible for safety reasons, the property's co-owner says. MGM Resorts International, which was building the Harmon Hotel when construction was...

"Robosigning," or the practice of mortgage lender employees processing foreclosure documents without personal knowledge of the case, has been a source of litigation nationwide. Advocates for property owners in foreclosure say that robosigning has led to errors that...

The December 2010 sale of polypropylene and polystyrene foam manufacturer Createc Corp. to Tegrant Corp. has led to a commercial litigation suit. The plaintiff, who was a shareholder in Createc, claims her brother and mother, who were also shareholders, sold the...

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...