The U.S. Marshals Service has been ordered to seize $63,720 from Righthaven LLC, a company that files copyright infringement lawsuits, to fulfill a judgment against the company. A writ of execution was requested by lawyers for Kentucky website poster Wayne Hoehn, who obtained the judgment for legal fees after winning a lawsuit Righthaven filed against him.
Several Supreme Court justices made spirited defenses Wednesday on behalf of a Clark County district judge who has been blocked from collecting retirement benefits that he earned earlier in his career. Despite justices’ comments supporting District Judge Douglas Smith, the Supreme Court made no decision Wednesday on whether Smith can collect a full $160,000-a-year district judge salary and retirement benefits.
When Nevadans went into the voting booths in 1994 and 1996, they assumed they were voting for term limits for district attorneys and many other elected officials, lawyer Bradley Schrager told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. He argued that district attorneys such as Arthur Mallory in Churchill County should not be permitted to hold office any longer.
The UNLV football team already was a 41-point underdog against No. 5 Boise State, and the Rebels’ odds became even longer Wednesday with the announcement that five players were suspended for Saturday’s game at Sam Boyd Stadium. The loss of sophomore running back Tim Cornett is the biggest blow.
The founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video empire has upped the ante in a legal dispute over a $2 million casino debt with Strip casino developer Steve Wynn and the Wynn Las Vegas casino.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has sentenced Lindsay Lohan to serve 30 days in jail for a probation violation.
HONOLULU — Safeway is declining to press charges against a Honolulu couple whose arrests over stolen sandwiches led state workers to take custody of their 2-year-old daughter and sparked nationwide outrage.
LOS ANGELES — Former “The X Factor” contestant Dexter Haygood said he wasn’t pushed off Fox’s new singing contest. He jumped.
