In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
Hoping that you can just file for bankruptcy and wipe out that debt ignores the fact that the court will be looking at your pre-bankruptcy behavior to see if you are eligible for a discharge of some or all of your debts.
Legislation pushed through Delaware's General Assembly last week has called into question dozens of corporate law precedents.
With the promise to connect attendees with a suite of helpful organizations—including the ACLU Nevada, the Consulate of Mexico in Las Vegas, and the 51ԹϺ Immigration Clinic—this event is to intentionally cater to the needs of the immigrant community. The resource fair portion will take place before and after the main town hall discussion, respectively from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and again from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meanwhile, the town hall itself will occur from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., providing an hour of in-depth conversation about immigration rights and resources.
A federal judge used the findings of a justice department investigation to justify expelling clergy molestation survivors from a committee trying to negotiate settlements with the New Orleans Catholic archdiocese after their lawyer tipped off a high school that its chaplain was an admitted child molester.
When state lawmakers talk about enticing businesses to Nevada, they are typically referring to businesses relocating or expanding operations within the state, creating new jobs, perhaps in new professions, for residents, and generating new revenue through tax collection. But one state lawmaker believes there exists another untapped market: corporate litigation.
The federal minimum wage languishes at $7.25 an hour and has not been raised since 2009. Given the disproportionate number of workers of color who receive the minimum wage or less, legal scholar Ruben Garcia argues that the fight for racial justice has to include raising the minimum wage.
When Attorney General Aaron Ford released a 72-page set of “model immigration policies” last month, it became the latest clashing point in the likely 2026 gubernatorial race between Ford, a Democrat, and Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo.
When a top Nevada official promoted the state as a home for corporate filings last year, he cited a few firms that wanted in.
\A volunteer hearing panel opted to spare Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones’ law license, rejecting the state bar counsel’s urge to disbar Jones for deleting text messages related to a controversial real estate development project near Red Rock Canyon. Moreover, it rejected outright the state bar’s claim that Jones bribed then-county-commissioner and eventual Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak.
A legal and political showdown looms on Monday after the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, in apparent defiance of court orders, as well as a Brown University kidney doctor.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied broker/dealer Alpine Securities’ attempt to immediately stop FINRA's pursuit to expel it from the industry.
GenBioPro, the Nevada pharmaceutical company that makes and distributes a generic version of the medication abortion drug mifepristone, has joined the Food and Drug Administration in a lawsuit to protect access to the drug that’s become a major method of ending a pregnancy in the United States.
