Mon-Tues Roundup

The Nevada Judicial Discipline Committee may be choosing to discipline judges out of the public's view for inappropriate actions (Review-Journal) [wait, private reprimands for Judges? Why didn't Halverson get that? It would have saved this state's legal community about 6 months of embarrassment]

Endoscopy Center News:

Things aren't looking good for Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. Yesterday, Gov. Jim Gibbons suggested he would support criminal charges against the Endoscopy staff if they "knowingly endangered lives of people." (Review-Journal) Meanwhile, former patients are worried about getting access to their records. (Review-Journal).

And, over at the Gastroenterology Center of Nevada, the FBI, Vegas police, and Attorney General served search warrants after one of Gastoenterology Center's doctors admitted to using Endoscopy procedures with his anesthetic needles. (Las Vegas Sun) [Lawyers, are you feeling better about yourselves, yet? Apparently, doctors are one rung below you on the public disgust scale]. But it's not all dark clouds for Vegas doctors, Gov. Gibbons also announced yesterday that increased regulation and inspection of Nevada medical clinics is not the answer. (Nevada Appeal) [So, doctors, don't violate state regulation, don't infect your patients with Hep-C and HIV, but the state won't really check up on you, so please be good. It's a solid policy that's worked so far, right?]

Prostitution charges were dismissed against former NFL linebacker Richard Siegler (CBS)

The Nevada Supreme Court denied a request to review the state's lethal injection protocol (Nevada Appeal)

The DEA and other law enforcement agencies are sitting down with Vegas club owners this week (Las Vegas Sun) [Wow, that would be a fun conversation: "Ok club owners, you may not know this but the use of cocaine and refusing to pay any taxes on compensation for labor is illegal. Also, none of you should ever hire Paris Hilton. She should be illegal."]

Out east, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is applying to legalize mixed martial arts fighting as a sport in New York (NY Times)

The Nevada Supremes decided a local chapter of a union may withdraw from membership in the statewide union (Reno Gazette-Journal)

Finally, Nevada can breathe easier now that Public Enemy No. 1 "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis has relocated from a Nevada prison to a soon-to-be long stay in a Florida prison for the filming of underage girls (People)