Courts
Carl “Bill” Hoffman, a lawyer for the Clark County School District, has been named a U.S. magistrate judge in Las Vegas.
A man who stole more than $26 million through mining and real estate investment scams was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison and ordered to pay his victims $23.5 million in restitution.
Las Vegas police were fired upon as they tried to pull over a reckless driver in the northeast valley Tuesday afternoon. The driver, arrested at 2:59 p.m. after a chase, could face felony charges.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. lost two motions Tuesday to rid itself of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the former chief executive of its Macau subsidiary, but a company attorney vehemently denied some of the more incendiary issues raised in the court case.