Las Vegas Litigation Law Blog

Las Vegas is the 30th-largest city in the U.S., but a new study indicates that the city is outpunching its weight class when it comes to dubious slip-and-fall personal injury claims against local businesses. The report, released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau,...

A man who was badly beaten while staying at a Las Vegas hotel and casino in 2010 has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the casino, accusing management of failing to prevent the assault by providing proper security. His attorney says the man suffered bleeding on...

A flurry of federal lawsuits between three of the television networks and a new device being sold by Dish Network could help determine whether TV viewers in Las Vegas will be allowed to watch their favorite shows commercial-free on their DVRs. The lawsuits complain...

Two of six lawsuits against MGM Resorts International directors and officers in Las Vegas were tossed out of court. The derivatives litigation was brought by shareholders in a combined state court action. A judge threw out the case after deciding that shareholders did...

Social media company Facebook debuted on Wall Street to great fanfare on May 18, but following the initial public offering the company's stock has tumbled from its $38 IPO price to $32.50 as of early May 24, a more than 14 percent drop.On the surface, it may sound to...

Fans of legendary Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton were no doubt excited to hear the 2010 announcement that Newton was planning to turn part of his 39.5-acre compound into a tourist destination dedicated to his decades-long career. Among the attractions were to be a...

Like almost every other state, Nevada has a statute that gives a car buyer the right to sue the dealer or person who sold him or her the car if it turns out to have major, unfixable defects or is otherwise unusable. Such statutes are commonly known as "lemon laws."...

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...