Nevada

Lowest bar pass rate for California in 67 years; other states see drop, too

Only 40.7 percent of the people who took the California July 2018 bar exam passed, according to a state bar news release.

Nov 19, 2018 9:23 AM CST

Ballot measures give felons the right to vote, overturn Jim Crow-era jury law and legalize marijuana

Beyond the fight for Congress, voters across the country were presented with major criminal justice reform initiatives on Tuesday's ballot.

Nov 7, 2018 9:33 AM CST

Suspended lawyer sentenced for submitting phony documents to court

A suspended Las Vegas lawyer was sentenced on Wednesday to three months for submitting phony documents indicating her clients had completed counseling and community service. Vicki Greco will also have to serve five years’ probation, report the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Associated Press. She also received a suspended sentence…

Sep 27, 2018 12:13 PM CDT

Lawyer is suspended for flashing gun at deposition, other ‘appalling’ behavior

A Las Vegas lawyer has been suspended from practice for six months and a day for deposition misconduct that included flashing a gun and calling his litigation opponent derogatory names.

Sep 13, 2018 6:10 AM CDT

Remove Boalt references from UC Berkeley Law, school committee says

In light of racist views held by 19th-century mining industry baron John Henry Boalt, a University of California Berkeley law school committee has suggested removing his last name from a campus building, as well as in internal communications and casual namings. A Nevada attorney who came to California in the…

Sep 11, 2018 1:55 PM CDT

Judge decries ‘abusive litigation tactics’ and ‘overheated rhetoric’ in multiple discovery motions

A federal magistrate judge, who is fed up with a flurry of motions over discovery disputes, is ordering the parties to “work in a cooperative, civil manner” to present their disputes to the court in two joint statements. “The court has indulged the parties’ abusive litigation tactics for long enough,”…

Jul 25, 2018 6:10 AM CDT

MGM Resorts uses an obscure law to sue Las Vegas mass shooting victims

In a filing dated July 13, MGM argues that a post-9/11 federal law called the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act of 2002 shields them from liability.

Jul 17, 2018 12:59 PM CDT

Judge halts execution over suit filed by drugmaker

A Nevada judge has blocked the execution of an inmate who sought to die based on objections of a drugmaker that wants its midazolam returned.

Jul 11, 2018 5:34 PM CDT

Ex-casino mogul Steve Wynn sues over lawyer’s ‘leering’ accusation in press release

Former casino mogul Steve Wynn has sued civil rights lawyer Lisa Bloom over a press release that claimed he had leered at dancers forced to wear only bras and panties during rehearsals. Wynn’s defamation suit says he has a degenerative eye disease that left him legally blind for nearly two…

Apr 11, 2018 7:30 AM CDT

Federal judge in Nevada throws out charges against Cliven Bundy and sons, slams government

After finding that FBI evidence was not disclosed to the defense before trial along with “flagrant misconduct” by prosecutors, a federal judge threw out charges in Nevada against cattleman Cliven Bundy, sons Ryan and Ammon, and Bundy supporter Ryan W. Payne. Monday’s dismissal with prejudice by U.S. District Judge Gloria…

Jan 8, 2018 4:55 PM CST

Vegas lawyer is suspended partly for Facebook comments accusing judge of religious bias

The Nevada Supreme Court has suspended a Las Vegas lawyer for six months partly because he accused a judge of religious discrimination on Facebook.

Nov 22, 2017 11:03 AM CST

Judge delays execution because of concerns about drug in new cocktail

At least two states are planning to try new combinations of execution drugs that include the opioid painkiller fentanyl. One of those states is Nevada, which wants to use a combination of the sedative diazepam, fentanyl and the paralyzing agent cisatracurium, The Marshall Project reported last summer. Concerns about cisatracurium…

Nov 10, 2017 4:10 PM CST

ACLU sues Nevada, alleging constitutionally inadequate indigent defense system

The ACLU of Nevada has sued the state, alleging that indigent defense in rural counties is so inadequate—and so poorly overseen by state authorities—that the defense provided is insufficient under the Sixth Amendment. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the ACLU’s complaint focuses specifically on rural counties where indigent defense…

Nov 7, 2017 2:30 PM CST

Brain of Las Vegas gunman will be examined by Stanford neuropathologist

The brain of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock is being shipped to a neuropathologist in California who will check for abnormalities that could explain why Paddock fired into a concert crowd, killing 58 people.

Oct 27, 2017 10:37 AM CDT

Suits over Las Vegas mass shooting face obstacles, including federal law protecting gun makers

Lawsuits filed in the Las Vegas mass shooting that left 58 people dead face several obstacles–including a 2005 federal law that protects gun manufacturers and sellers from civil claims brought by gunshot victims. At least two suits have been filed that target makers of the “bump stock” device used by…

Oct 12, 2017 12:54 PM CDT