Las Vegas Litigation Law Blog

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...

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...

Three employees of University Medical Center of Southern Nevada have filed a class action lawsuit against the hospital for what they say were illegal deductions from their pay. The plaintiffs, who say their suit was filed on behalf of "at least 50" other UMC...

A foreign division of Las Vegas Sands is under investigation by two federal agencies for possible bribery. The investigations are based on statements made by a former executive with Sands China Ltd in his wrongful termination lawsuit against the company. The former...

Without a word from the Las Vegas company that appealed a copyright infringement ruling in federal court earlier this summer, the court granted a dismissal of the appeal on Aug. 8. The decision continues what appears to be the slow winding down of the flurry...

Internet-based movie service Netflix got into trouble with its subscribers when it briefly tried to spin off its DVD rental business into a separate company last year. Now the company has settled a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of former clients for $9 million...

The lawsuit between legendary Las Vegas performer Wayne Newton and the company that had planned to convert his estate into a public museum dedicated to the singer's career began on July 30 with Newton's attorney asking for extra security in the courtroom. The attorney...

Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment Corp. will not have to defend itself in litigation that alleges a Harrah's casino employee died of leukemia because of on-the-job smoke exposure. A federal judge recently dismissed the wrongful death suit, which she said should...

Palms Casino Resort, a mainstay of the Las Vegas Strip, is suing a former host for allegedly stealing confidential company information about thousands of high roller customers by sending the information to her personal email account. For her part, the former employee...

A new lawsuit alleging fraud and unfair competition in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas involves two baccarat machine makers involves a local company and a Canadian competitor who got into a dispute at a trade show in China. In this international legal dispute, Las...