Layoff Watch and a Departure from Lewis & Roca

Update: We have confirmation that Albright Stoddard just let go of 5 attorneys.

An anonymous tipster contacted me today to tell me that Albright Stoddard let go seven five associates.

Can anyone confirm if it was indeed seven five associates, and not a combination of associates and staff?

In addition, Martha Ashcraft left Lewis & Roca to start her own practice. Marti was the President of the CCBA in 1997. From what I've heard about her legal skills, she will be very successful. Good luck with your new practice!

Weekend Roundup

Congratulations to Bonnie Boyce, Joslyn LaMadrid, Sophia Long, Janean Maher and Julie Whitman for being brought on as associates with Albright Stoddard Warnick & Albright. (PR Wire)

Employment law conference to hit Vegas in September. (PR Wire)

Gov. Gibbons files for divorce. (Nevada Appeal)

Online gambling law ambiguities could prevent Kentucky Derby bets. (Boston Herald)

After killing 5 people while driving drunk, a 20 yr old Vegas resident will spend 15-45 years in prison (KOLO)

Charges of obstruction of justice were dropped against the husband of the ice-cream truck driving mother killed by Henderson police. Prosecutors cited concern for the children now that the man is the only parent. (Review-Journal)

The 57-year-old man accused of making ricin pled not guilty to illegally possessing a lethal toxin and weapons. (Review-Journal)

The former owner of the closed Garden of Love chapel was in court on Friday, pleading not guilty to stealing an expensive printer. (Review-Journal)

More details on Judge Halverson's constitutional challenge to remove her judicial seat from this year's election. (Review-Journal)

U.S. Attorneys are not giving out immunity to Dr. Kabins without a fight, filing a motion with Judge Quackenbush to lift the order to grant immunity. They're arguing the grant of immunity will impair their ability to prosecute Kabins in the future. [Shazam!] (Review-Journal) Meanwhile Plaintiff's attorneys are starting to claim Gage is giving them a bad name (Review-Journal)

The shooter in the Pacman Jones Minxx shooting is claiming Pacman is framing him to protect the real shooter (AP)

Fri Afternoon Roundup

Man acquitted for murder due to LSD use is soon to be back on the streets of Vegas. (Sign on San Diego)

The NV Supremes held that the Vegas police department must pay a subsidy to a state plan for retired officers (Sign On San Diego)

Congratulations to Bonnie Boyce, Julie Whitman, Sophia Long and Joslyn LaMadrid for being named associates at Albright, Stoddard, Warnick & Albright. (Review-Journal)