“It wasn’t his nature that created the Pat McKenna that spent all that time in prison,” said brother Ken, a former Nevada lawyer. “It was the nurture part of his life.”
Courts
A gender discrimination lawsuit claims that Nye County District Attorney Chris Arabia and Commissioner Leo Blundo “began a campaign of harassment” against an ex-prosecutor.
A judge on Monday denied bail for a 25-year-old man charged with shooting two people on the Strip, killing one.
A 16-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend, charged with murder in the death of the girl’s father, have been extradited to Clark County.
As part of his plea, Timothy Harron, 52, agreed to forfeit an airplane, a sports car, a pickup, land and luxury jewelry, federal authorities said.
Marcel and Patricia Chappuis originally faced 45 counts each of child abuse or neglect — a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Nevada’s attorney general and lieutenant governor want to end the death penalty, but Clark County’s district attorney is pushing for the state’s first execution since 2006.
O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity news site he had been banned from the property.
A California attorney wants an appeals court to reconsider her request to throw out a Steve Wynn defamation lawsuit.
An appellate court has sided with Steve Wynn in his defamation lawsuit against attorney Lisa Bloom and her law firm in a legal battle over a press release about allegations against the former casino mogul.
The latest Nevada lawsuit fits a pattern of sexual harassment allegations that have surfaced in recent years against the well-known sports entertainment company.