Weekend Roundup

U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) is saying that former UNLV law professor and current 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jay Bybee would not have been approved as a federal appeals judge if the Senate had known Bybee signed a controversial memo regarding interrogations of suspected terrorists. (Review-Journal)

A former Washoe County water engineer surrendered to sheriff's deputies in Reno to face charges that he embezzled millions of dollars from the county water division and gambled away more than $1 million of it at a local casino. (Review-Journal)

A federal grand jury indicted a Las Vegas real estate broker and her husband who were charged in March with defrauding federally-insured financial institutions of millions of dollars in order to inflate housing values, using straw purchasers and limited liability companies. The couple is also charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, 13 counts of bank fraud and criminal forfeiture. (Las Vegas Sun) The U.S. Attorney expects more arrests to come. (Reno Gazette-Journal)

Congratulations to California attorney Monica R. Dean, who joined the law firm of Lovaas & Lehtinen, P.C. (PR Web)

The effort to recall two Boulder City politicians is headed towards the Courts. (Las Vegas Sun)

There aren't many fines being issued for violations of the smoking ban. (Las Vegas Sun)

Attorneys on both sides are working on voir dire questions to choose a jury for the O.J. trial [pt 2]. (Las Vegas Now)

An interview with Josh Resiman from Ballard Spahr about oral argument before the Ninth Circuit in the landmark affordable housing/disability rights case. (In Business Las Vegas)

A letter to the editor says Judge Mosely may have some ethical problems, but he's tough on criminals. (Review-Journal)

The Las Vegas City Council may have found a compromise in the marriage soliciting wars: solicitors would have to stand in designed soliciting zones. (Las Vegas Sun)

Federal government attorneys are pushing for U.S. District Judge Philip Pro to intervene and save the possible sale of the Crazy Horse Too strip club. (Las Vegas Sun)

Embattled Ninth Circuit Judge Kozinski has hired Mark Holscher of Kirkland & Ellis to represent him in a pending judicial misconduct inquiry. (WSJ)

Emails sent by University of Nevada-Reno police will be scanned by school administrators to ensure campus police are no longer circulating porn. (Review-Journal)