Las Vegas Litigation Law Blog

A shareholder in the Internet discount provider Groupon has filed a lawsuit against the company accusing executives of deliberately fudging its revenue numbers for the fourth quarter of 2011. The company's revised profit number, which is $14.3 million lower than its...

A woman who was arrested and taken to Clark County Jail on a day in 2010 when TV cameras were rolling is claiming that the producers behind the series "Inside American Jail" defamed her by calling her a "naughty girl" and used her likeness without permission. She is...

We have discussed the dueling lawsuits between Wynn Resorts' founder and chairman Steven Wynn and one of the company's board members over a $135 million donation to the University of Macau several times in this blog. Now a third party has entered into litigation over...

A company that produces accompaniment tracks for karaoke machines has filed a massive trademark infringement lawsuit against 99 Las Vegas casinos, bars and karaoke jockeys. The suit, filed by Slep-Tone Entertainment Corp., seeks $500 million for what the company says...

As it prepares for a lawsuit from a fellow Internet giant, social media company Facebook has bought 750 patents from IBM for a range of tech-related products. The purchase is part of a strategy to increase the company's intellectual property and build up its...

A lawsuit over a business contract between a Las Vegas real estate developer and the Hualapai Indian tribe will have to continue to be hashed out in tribal court for now, according to a March 19 ruling by a federal judge. The developer had sought to shift the...

A current legal battle between a multi-billion dollar Las Vegas casino company and a Japanese billionaire who financed the business 12 years ago also involves The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a 1977 law that makes it a crime for U.S. companies or executives to bribe...

Fourteen catheter lines used for delivering food and medication in a Las Vegas hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit were found severed over a period of time. In a July 2010 incident, the coroner's office ruled the death of an infant who fell victim to one of these...

Nevada-based Internet shoe company Zappos.com is facing nine class-action lawsuits in the wake of an Internet hacker attack that resulted in the information of millions of customers being stolen. The plaintiffs accuse Zappos and its parent company, online retail giant...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, is suing a Las Vegas company and accusing it of causing a fire that destroyed more than 15 buildings at a Nevada ranch owned by the church. The defendant business, Soil-Tech Inc., stood...