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Judge rules CSD can cease paying for Newton’s animals

Veteran Strip headliner Wayne Newton will have to find new arrangements for his extensive animal collection after a bankruptcy judge ruled that the entity that owns his estate could sever the contract to take care of them.

Mastermind of Las Vegas mortgage fraud sentenced to federal prison

A former Las Vegas real estate agent was sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison Friday as the mastermind of a mortgage fraud conspiracy that cost financial institutions more than $24 million.

Walters case reached impasse

Golf course developer Bill Walters’ money is apparently no good – at least when it comes to closing the litigation over the failed sale of the Stallion Mountain Country Club.

Four Nigro projects file for bankruptcy

Four projects undertaken by Nigro Development have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Internet poker companies shut down, charged with fraud

A nine-count federal indictment that was unsealed Friday shut down three of the world’s largest Internet poker websites and could also end efforts by Nevada lawmakers to legalize the activity within the state.

Judge rules wrongful termination case can go forward

Las Vegas Sands Corp. lost two motions Tuesday to rid itself of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the former chief executive of its Macau subsidiary, but a company attorney vehemently denied some of the more incendiary issues raised in the court case.

Lawyers for drugmaker ask for rehearing of state opinion

Attorneys for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals are requesting a rehearing of a Nevada Supreme Court opinion that upheld an $80.7 million award to three women who allegedly contracted breast cancer after taking a hormone drug.