Looks like that bomb scare/lawyer advertising rumor turned out to be true, although it turns out that the the "advertising" was a bit more nefarious than our tipster originally reported. From LV Now:The evacuation of the Regional Justice Center last week may have been the result of a misguided advertising campaign.
Court marshals and Las Vegas police cleared the downtown courthouse for several hours last Tuesday to investigate a suspicious package found across the street. The package was a car battery with jumper cables used to power an electronic transmitter.
The device, according to knowledgeable sources, was being used to track email IP addresses from nearby cell phones.
The man who claims he planted it told investigators he needed the information to send email advertisements for a local traffic law firm. But sources say the man would not reveal the name of the attorney who hired him.
LV Now also has the police incident report, here.
One of the comments on the story is a bit scary:
Hiding transmitters have been going on for awhile. They just carried out this time very amateurish. What were they thinking that no one would see this package sitting on the ground, or just ignore it. Usually the people hiding the transmitter, pose as air conditioner personnel and hide the device on the roof, they get better range, and out of sight out of mind. Then they go back later and take their device down and down load the information and start making their calls for wiping out the traffic tickets for a small fee. Anything to make a buck. This practice isn't new, just stupid if it isn't done right.
Great, so people have just been leaving these devices on rooftops and gathering private data. Seems like the FCC should be looking into this.
Okay, we just know that one of our wonderful commenters knows what firm was attempting to steal cell phone numbers for advertising purposes. If you know which firm is pulling this crap, PLEASE out them in the comments - 100 WWL points* to the first Anon to identify the offending firm.
*Remember - 10,000 WWL points gets you a genuine (read, "plastic") WWL collector's spoon ... possibly used by Elle to eat her yogurt.
(LV Now; Thanks, Tipster!)
hutchinson and steffen
ReplyDeleteWhoever the commenter is that keeps ripping on Hutchison & Steffen needs to give it a rest of at least learn the real name of the firm. There is no "n" in the middle of Hutchison - you always spell it wrong. Which leads me to believe that you don't pay attention to detail and probably suck as an attorney. H&S is a completely average firm: some crappy attorneys, some good ones - just like yours.
ReplyDeleteok mr. hutchinson
ReplyDeleteWow...someone is offended!
ReplyDelete8:53 AM - I think it is spelled "Huckster and Scumbag." A Nevada law firm that lives up to its name!
ReplyDeleteThanks for providing the police report. I find it interesting that the marshals evacuated the judges, but left the remainder of the tenants in the building until Metro. showed up and told everyone to evacuate. What if it had been a real bomb? A good number of the marshals are idiots and it's scary that they are in charge of anything.
ReplyDeleteH&S is just another average mormon firm.
ReplyDeleteThey have no rhyme nor reason to how they treat these scares/threats. You tell me why, on the previous RJC scare, the marshalls kept letting employees in while it was on lock down? Why were people left crowded at the doors to the building only to have the building rain down on them if there were som explosion? Do they ever learn anything from one scare to the enxt? It's not like this ahs not been happening frequently!
ReplyDeleteWHAT? A spoon not a spork? Not outing ANYONE without chance of a spork!
ReplyDeleteNo, actually, H&S really is full of tools. There's a difference between being zealous and being duplicitous and inevitably, each time I have had the misfortune of having to work with the attorneys at H&S, they have managed to cross that line. This goes for their partners all the way down to their ass-ociates. Plus,
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Seriously, "hutchinson and steffen" is the new Troy Fox. And by that I mean it was funny before it started showing up in the comments.
ReplyDeleteJust because you have a hard-on for a lawyer or law firm, doesn't mean that everyone else will chuckle when you bring it up.
Tony Liker is a retard. There's no relevance, I just wanted to state the obvious.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I forgot to mention that Tony Liker gives me a hard-on. That's relevant.
ReplyDeleteyou know whats more annoying than "hutchinson and steffen" digs? people who complain about other posters' comments..
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have more information on these devices that gather information? Do you just change your blue-tool (yes, I mean tool - as in if you use one, you're a tool) device to secured to protect yourself?
ReplyDelete@ 11:22, so would you be the pot or the kettle? I can never tell.
ReplyDeleteI don't personally use blue-tool devices, so this spammer is of little concern to me.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I know of a certain someone who has a raging hard-on for shoving bluetooth boom mikes up their nostril while they pose for photographs.
@10:40
ReplyDeleteThat's not as bad as DA David Roger ordering everyone in the DA's Office to stay in place on lockdown and continue working.
That is how much concern Roger and his Admin Chief, Terry Johnson, have for their employees.
@11:52. Amen. Must be cheaper to pay for you dead then actual live bennies!
ReplyDeleteCan I trade WWL Points for Shrute Bucks?
ReplyDelete11:05 AM sets a good example for all of us. If you're going to rip on a firm or a lawyer or a judge (which I'm all for, by the way), please provide reasons. Solid examples are better, if you've got them.
ReplyDeleteAnalysis, people. Come on.
Does Hutchison & Steffen even do traffic tickets?!
ReplyDeleteMy experience is two cases with Hutcheffen: one with Jim Randall who was reasonable to work against and one with Michael Wall, whose efforts were aimed more at keeping the litigation going than at reaching a fair conclusion. Experiences with Kris Rath and Scott Flinders before they worked there left me with good impression also.
ReplyDeleteHow many WWL points does it take to get a pair of Elle's worn panties?
ReplyDelete@11:05 Can you repost your link?
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ReplyDeleteaw crap, i suck at the internets
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I heard it was Holper!
ReplyDeleteMight I suggest http://bit.ly/ or a similar service for posting long links.
ReplyDeleteAre you morons seriously so stupid that you cannot [click], drag-to-select, [Ctl-C], and [Ctl-V] in the address bar!? Or (to 11:05) use a simple HREF tag?
ReplyDeleteYou more than suck at the internets, you suck @ life. Little wonder that Nevada law is a joke.
GDIAF
Just to be helpful and stick it in the morons' eyes, here is 11:05's link using an "a href" tag. Welcome to the 21st century bitchez. (Spree: This link is to the same stupid story that supposedly shows how hutchinson and steffen are dirtbags for having a dirtbag for a client. Yeah, like any of you bottom feeders would actually turn down a paying client just because he was accused of fraud. Tee-hee!)
ReplyDeleteHere's the clickable link on Cami.
ReplyDeleteHere is where you learn how to hyperlink.
Someone asks a question about a hyperlink, and, therefore, the person sucks at life and their entire state's legal system is a joke.
ReplyDeleteWho, exactly, is the moron?
(PS-Nevada's legal system might be a joke, but it doesn't really have to do with the fact that not every attorney is adept at cutting and pasting hyperlinks into web browsers.)
Looks like Hutchison and Steffen's winning streak continues. Just hired 7 new attorneys, Disney holiday for attorneys, staff and family paid for by the firm, work more then 200 hours a month and get a nice chunk of change for working so hard each and every month you do so, along with big bonuses two times a year. No yellers, screamers or asshats, just a nice, professionally managed place to work, now with the added benefit of knowing that we have risen to the top of the "hate them because I don't work there list." Don't hate us because we have it so good, send a cv and see if you can become one of the lucky ones. I did!
ReplyDeleteInterviewed with H&S, some decent guys, but the hat was out of proportion to the cattle. Vacation was nice, but salary not so great. Turned them down for a much better gig.
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ReplyDeleteI'm seriously jealous of hutchinson and steffen, b/c I'm more experienced than the attorney at H&S that practices in my area, and he's where he is and I'm where I am, but he probably loves where he works and ... FML.
ReplyDeleteHow do I get in?
I just noticed there is a post about Marquis Aurbach. What a contrast to Huckster and Scumbag. The two firms can hardly be more different, even though they are barely a block from each other. M&A is a class act firm dedicated to making big bucks while remembering the law is a calling not a mere "profession." H&S is, well, not.
ReplyDeleteHaving litigated with and against H&S and M&A, I can say with some confidence that M&A is the better place for a young attorney who desires to learn how to be an outstanding attorney.
MA is pretty crappy, so yeah, just your average ghey GLBT firm
ReplyDeleteWhat a bunch of self hating, bitter, bitter people. I have found that attorneys RARELY will admit that anyone else is good. They will find any reason to simply smear them. Sure, as in every line of work, there are good and bad and really, really bad. But reading here there is a definite red thread of unqualified loathing that reveals the insecurity of the psoter. If people so hate the law, get out of the profession. Spank yourself for spending all the money on the J.D. you appear to hate so much and do the rest of us a favor and LEAVE. Nevada law a joke? Tell us all your utopian version of what Nevada law SHOULD be since you are the all knowing lawyers who can enlighten the rest of us. I will predict that the response to this will be more inane YOU SUCK! posts as opposed to anything substantive. Perhaps if Nevada Law has problems, the reason is whiney complainers instead of people willing to try to do the right thing. Maybe if the complaining lawyers would simply WORK things would be better. Far too many of you sit together in your offices and complain that someone expects you to do a days work instead of hang out and complain!
ReplyDeleteDear 6:56 AM:
ReplyDeleteYOU SUCK!
Hey 6:56 AM, 9:28 AM here. I'm just messin' with ya.
ReplyDeleteKnow this though, this is a blog dedicated to the rumors, drama, sleaze, etc. of the law in Nevada. You've got to expect a lot of pissing and moaning, and the bashing of other firms and lawyers comes with it.
My advice to you is lighten up a little and take this blog for what it's worth. Oh, and don't post before 7:00 AM, it just confirms my suspicions that you are too tightly wound.
As for what would make the NV legal community better: appointed judges, an intermediate court of appeals, tougher standards and enforement of the rules of professional conduct--i.e a state bar disciplinary body with teeth--and the balls to use them.
Hey 9:28, I dig it. I am as ready to blog fun sleazy stuff too, but when the horse begins to stink, well, you know. I am tightly wound, I would agree. I also agree with your cool list of betterments. I just tire of people who resent their law degrees, or rather the money it cost them, and then act like the world is against them for getting one. I love mine. love my job, hate a few idiots I work with, love others that are worth the time. Even some of the bad guys are ammusing and friendly. From now on I will watch the clock and my first post will not occur until 7:01 AM. That way, nobody will think I am tightly wound! :)
ReplyDelete6:56 AM- You took my criticism without being a jerk??? I think we would get along famously. Whoever you are, I respect you. May you have a good day and a successful career.
ReplyDeleteTo the rest: I know, I know, "get a room!"
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ReplyDeletelaw firm want to even consider legal outsourcing? Are there valid reasons why targeted legal outsourcing should be considered by every U.S. law firm. Law Firm Marketing
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