Las Vegas Litigation Law Blog

The judge in a slip and fall lawsuit filed against a Las Vegas restaurant made an error in how he instructed the jury prior to deliberations, the Nevada Supreme Court recently ruled. Based on that error, the state's top court sent the case back to the trial court,...

A Las Vegas ATM operator is fending off a trio of lawsuits claiming that its ATM machines at Planet Hollywood casino and hotel charge fees without warning users. The suits, which are seeking class-action status, are not the first to be filed against the ATM company...

U.S. Bank has reached an agreement with plaintiffs from a series of lawsuits against the banking giant to settle accusations that it improperly calculated debit card and ATM transactions to drive up overdraft fees. If approved by the federal judge overseeing the case,...

Based on the filing of a trademark infringement lawsuit by a Las Vegas casino hotel, a federal judge has issued an injunction ordering a website operated by Marchex Sales Inc. to be shut down. The order was issued June 22 in federal district court in Las Vegas at the...

Those who read our June 6 blog post may be curious about the results of a lawsuit brought by actor Stephen Baldwin against fellow thespian Kevin Costner earlier in June. We can now report that Baldwin and the other plaintiff have lost their suit after the jury found...

Two Nevada residents who operated schools to teach professional makeup application say that they should not have to get cosmetology licenses as required by the State Board of Cosmetology. The women, who encountered heavy fines when they attempted to run their...

The legal struggle between Wynn Resorts Ltd. and one of its board members includes new litigation and fresh accusations on both sides. In the latest developments, the board member has filed another lawsuit against Wynn to undo the company's forcible buyback of his...

A group of ten people who were passengers aboard a JetBlue flight when the pilot entered the cabin saying, "we're all going down," have filed a lawsuit against the airline. Though none of the plaintiffs suffered significant physical injuries during the incident, which...

A nonprofit organization that won dismissal of a copyright lawsuit against a company known primarily for filing no-notice litigation against website and blog owners is asking a federal judge to dismiss the company's appeal as well. The nonprofit is arguing that the...

Do readers in Nevada remember the 1995 film "Waterworld"? The now-infamous flop starred Kevin Costner and was about a future world with a shortage of drinking water. It was during the making of that movie that Costner first developed an interest in using centrifuges...