Steve Green

Senior Business Reporter

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Okada gets favorable ruling in case against Wynn Resorts: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012; Wynn Resorts Ltd. board member Kazuo Okada scored at least an interim legal victory Thursday in his lawsuit against the casino resort company.
Owner weighing options for River Palms casino in Laughlin: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012; Tropicana Entertainment Inc. disclosed Wednesday that it’s weighing strategic options for one of its three Nevada hotel-casinos.
Las Vegas home sales rise, but prices fall: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012; The latest Las Vegas-area home price statistics show again that year-to-year sales are up while prices are down, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Tuesday.
Law firm hits back against Las Vegas company: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012; An international law firm is firing back at Verano Land Group LP, a Las Vegas firm that invested some $65 million in a San Antonio real estate development involving Texas A&M University.
Hospital sued for failing to rehire nurse in catheter probe: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012; A nurses’ union sued Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas on Tuesday after the hospital refused to rehire a nurse who had been investigated in the death of an infant there. A lawsuit filed in federal court in Las Vegas said Sunrise should have rehired Jessica Rice with back pay as it was ordered to in December by Paul Staudohar, an arbitrator with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
Hooters Las Vegas, creditor fight over $100 million 'deficiency': Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012; A bankruptcy judge is weighing whether Nevada’s new law on “deficiency judgments” will apply to the auction of the Hooters hotel-casino in Las Vegas. The Legislature last summer passed Assembly Bill 273 in what was billed as an effort to help homeowners losing their homes to foreclosure. With so many homeowners underwater in their mortgages, the Legislature limited deficiency judgments to help them.
The Container Store to enter Las Vegas market at Town Square: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012; A unique and fast-growing national retailer, The Container Store, says it plans to enter the Nevada market with a store at Town Square in Las Vegas.
Fertittas putting another $73 million into Station Casinos: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012; Station Casinos LLC executives Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta plan to invest another $73 million in the Las Vegas company by buying out another shareholder. In another indication of the Fertitta brothers’ support for the company and their belief in the struggling locals gaming market, Station disclosed Monday that a company affiliated with the Fertittas plans to buy certain ownership units held by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
Las Vegas Mob Experience gets new name, owner and manager: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012; The Las Vegas Mob Experience at the Tropicana resort is now operating out of bankruptcy, and it’s getting a new name and a new manager.
Investors unearth new records in alleged Fontainebleau Las Vegas cost overrun coverup: Monday, Feb. 6, 2012; Investors suing over losses at the stalled $2.9 billion Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino-resort say they’ve uncovered startling internal documents detailing how its developer allegedly covered up cost overruns and other problems at the project.

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Blog Entries

Commentary: Is Righthaven about to get some payback?: Tuesday, April 19, 2011; Did Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC play a federal judge last year? And is it now payback time for the judge? That’s the question raised in two orders issued last week.
After Righthaven defies judge, observers question company's motives: Friday, April 15, 2011; Some Righthaven LLC watchers are wondering if the Las Vegas company is plotting to have the judge handling all of its Colorado copyright lawsuits disqualified from presiding over those cases.
Commentary: Righthaven suit continues to backfire, new suits filed: Wednesday, March 30, 2011; Righthaven LLC's lawsuit against journalist Eriq Gardner backfired in more ways than one.
Report on AP corrected, new Righthaven suits filed: Friday, March 25, 2011; Here's an update to yesterday's blog about The Associated Press launching a news licensing/royalty venture.
Report: AP to proceed in licensing content without Righthaven: Thursday, March 24, 2011; A column today on the Corporate Counsel/law.com website suggests The Associated Press is beefing up efforts for news creators to be paid for their work -- but in doing so won't be working with Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC.
Three Righthaven copyright suits closed, one opened: Thursday, March 24, 2011; For Las Vegas copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC, today's news so far is pretty much the same story as Tuesday: A new lawsuit has been filed, while two more lawsuits were dismissed after Righthaven failed to show the defendants were served.
Two Righthaven suits dismissed for lack of service, new suit filed: Tuesday, March 22, 2011; Neither adverse publicity nor unfavorable court rulings are deterring copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas from filing new lawsuits. On Monday, it filed at least its 251st lawsuit.
PR problem widens for Righthaven with N.C. blogger's demand for attorney's fees: Tuesday, March 22, 2011; Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit defendant Brian D. Hill's attorneys filed a 56-page motion for dismissal on Monday -- and as a kicker asked the court to require Righthaven to pay their fees as a penalty.
Righthaven lawsuits backfire, reduce protections for newspapers: Saturday, March 19, 2011; One year ago, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters could feel confident they controlled the news content they created. It was understood that competing and special-interest websites couldn't appropriate that content and post it without authorization.
UNLV's tourney matchup brings Nevada added attention in Chicago area: Sunday, March 13, 2011; It appears the Nevada Development Authority's timing couldn't have been better Friday in launching a recruiting drive targeting Chicago-area businesses.