Thursday, June 19, 2008

Thurs Roundup

Wanna hear some good songs about the law? Above the Law posted its list of the top 10 legal songs. (Abovethelaw.com)

The woman who was with Pacman Jones when the Minxx Strip Club got shot up was found dead in the Bronx yesterday after being thrown off a building. (Review-Journal)

District Judge David Barker dismissed the charges against Lt. Juanita Goode, who was facing felony counts of falsifying loan information to purchase a $600,000 home in Las Vegas. (Review-Journal)

The Ninth Circuit ruled that employers have no right to read employee's text messages without consent. (ABA Journal)

A fugitive sweep that is being called the largest such operation by U.S. Marshals in Nevada nabbed more than 200 criminals wanted on felony charges, representatives with the agency said Wednesday. (Review-Journal)

Happy days for Bankruptcy attorneys! The number of Southern Nevada bankruptcies in the first four months of 2008 have exceeded the total number for all of 2006. (Las Vegas Business Press)

Apparently, not everyone agrees with the ethics of Noel Gage's litigation "strategy". The State Bar filed a grievance in March that Gage was splitting fees with non lawyers, including [allegedly] crooked medical consultant Howard Awand. (Review-Journal)

A former Mirage craps and blackjack dealer is claiming he was wrongfully terminated by the gaming giant because of his age and because of the high cost the company paid to provide health insurance to his wife who has cancer. (Las Vegas Business Press)

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