Las Vegas Litigation Law Blog

Actor and political pundit Ben Stein has lost the majority of his breach of contract lawsuit against a Japanese company after the company backed out of a deal to have Stein star in commercials for computer printers. Stein had filed the litigation against the company,...

Ford Motor Co. is welcoming an appellate court decision overturning a $2 billion ruling against the automaker for allegedly breaching contracts with local pickup truck dealerships over 11 years. In its decision, released May 3, the appellate court agreed with Ford...

Perhaps it is another sign that you cannot trust everything you see on the Internet: the casino-hotelier Las Vegas Sands Corp. has filed a lawsuit against a website it says copied its own site to commit fraud by luring visitors into buying into an investment...

Greg Mortenson, the author of "Three Cups of Tea," had been facing claims of fraud and racketeering. The heart of the claims was that the best-selling book about Mortenson's travels in the remote mountains of Pakistan contained lies for the financial benefit of its...

American International Group Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the founder of its airplane lease division for allegedly stealing company secrets to benefit his new, competing company. The litigation accuses the man and several former executives of downloading...

A $2 million gambling marker is the source of four lawsuits between Wynn Las Vegas and Joe Francis, the founder of "Girls Gone Wild." In the flurry of litigation, Wynn accuses Francis of failing to pay the gambling debt, which he incurred during a visit to the casino...

Despite assurances from MGM Mirage executives that a project to build a combination casino and resort on the Las Vegas Strip was "progressing nicely" and "on budget," in reality the project was suffering from construction and financing problems, according to an...

The heads of a former Internet poker company have been sued again, this time by four former customers who say the two men used the plaintiffs' money to pay themselves bonuses and loans. The accused company, Full Tilt Poker, is out of operation more than a year after...

A musical group promoting itself as The Platters in Las Vegas has become the target of a commercial litigation lawsuit. An original member of the band is accusing the group of trademark infringement. The suit was filed during the first week in April, with the original...

Television host Keith Olbermann has filed a $50 million breach of contract lawsuit against Current TV, the Al Gore-created cable news channel that housed Olbermann's "Countdown" show until he was fired at the end of March. Olbermann is accusing Current executives of...