Lionel Sawyer (on behalf of Sheldon Adelson) is back on the offensive and attempting to remove Nightclub operators Marc Packer and Richard Wolf from their prime location in the Palazzo resort. As reported here earlier, this case pits the Vegas old guard of Lionel Sawyer against new(er) heavyweight Kummer, Kaempfer, Bonner, Renshaw & Ferrario.The Las Vegas Sun reports:
[Adelson's] attorneys recently filed court papers asking District Judge Mark Denton to reverse an April 3 order granting a preliminary injunction that allowed Packer and Wolf to resume construction of the multimillion-dollar club in the main lobby of the Palazzo, which opened in January.
Adelson had changed the locks at the club and terminated Packer and Wolf’s 10-year lease March 10, alleging they were too slow in developing the still unnamed club and in providing him with detailed accounts of their business dealings for gaming regulators.
That Lionel Sawyer/Adelson lock out attempt failed when:
[Packer and Wolf] hired the best attorneys they could find — the firm of Kummer, Kaempfer, Bonner, Renshaw & Ferrario — and wound up besting Adelson and his politically connected firm, Lionel Sawyer & Collins.
Packer and Wolf had hoped they might be able to reconcile with Adelson after obtaining the preliminary injunction. But no such luck. Adelson hates to lose.
Meanwhile, the same article reports that in the Sands corp. lawsuit filed by a Macau businessman "Sam Lionel, who rarely makes court appearances these days" is sitting at the Sands corp. table beside celebrity attorney Rusty Hardin (Roger Clemens' defense attorney, primary counsel in Sands corp. case).
Oh how the stars come out for Sheldon Adelson. While nightclub v. Palazzo may have fascinating legal issues, it's still boasting the best fight card with Lionel Sawyer attorneys trying to get through the defenses of Kummer, Kaempfer, Bonner, Renshaw & Ferrario lawyers. Better than fight night at Caesar's.
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