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Hearing on request to require LV Sands to post bond on award set for Monday

October 14, 2008 - 2:30 pm

A district judge has set a hearing for Monday morning to consider whether to grant a Hong Kong businessman's request that Las Vegas Sands Corp. be required to post a bond to guarantee payment of a multimillion-dollar judgment against the gaming company.

Richard Suen wants the casino operator to post a bond on his $58.6 million award because the current economic meltdown has affected the company's fiscal stability. Las Vegas Sands' stock price has tumbled to historic lows over the past month, greatly reducing the company's market capitalization.

In May, following a six-week trial, a Clark County jury awarded Suen $43.8 million. An additional $14.8 million in interest was tacked onto the verdict. The jury found in favor of Suen, who claimed he should be compensated for helping Las Vegas Sands win a lucrative Macau gaming license in 2002. The lawsuit was filed in 2004.

Las Vegas Sands is appealing the judgment.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks alongside Vice President JD Vance about the impact o ...

Transportation secretary warns of ‘mass chaos’ in skies if shutdown continues

By Josh Funk The Associated Press

November 4, 2025 - 11:15 am

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted Tuesday that there could be chaos in the skies next week if the government shutdown drags on and air traffic controllers miss a second paycheck.

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Man who threw sandwich at federal agent calls it an act of protest. Prosecutors argue it’s a crime

By Michael Kunzelman The Associated Press

November 4, 2025 - 9:02 am

After the rare rebuke from the grand jury, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office charged Sean Charles Dunn instead with a misdemeanor.

Vice President Dick Cheney delivers his speech to troops at Fairchild Air Force base on Monday, ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84

By Calvin Woodward The Associated Press

November 4, 2025 - 7:22 am

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

The Nevada Legislature building on April 23, 2025, in Carson City. (Liv Paggiarino/Las Vegas Re ...

GA lawmaker warns Nevada about film tax credit pitfalls

By McKenna Ross / RJ

November 4, 2025 - 10:21 am

“It has never quite met the promise of what it has been stated to give,” Georgia lawmaker Marvin Lim said in a Monday afternoon webinar.

Jeanne Llera, mother of Jorge Gomez, right, hugs Desiree Smith, founder of More Than A Hashtag, ...

Jury awards $6.5M in trial over Las Vegas police killing of armed protester

By Noble Brigham / RJ

November 3, 2025 - 8:10 pm

A key issue at trial was whether Black Lives Matter demonstrator Jorge Gomez had pointed a rifle at police.

Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S. citizen, stands in her mother’s backyard in Northlake, Illinois ...

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability

By Laura Rodríguez Presa and Jonathan Bullington Chicago Tribune

November 3, 2025 - 1:41 pm

An unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Dayanne Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Chicago Tribune show.

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Actress Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee, dies at 89

The Associated Press

November 3, 2025 - 2:32 pm

A gifted comic and dramatic performer, she had a long career in television and on stage before breaking through as a film performer in Martin Scorsese’s 1974 release “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.”