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Sheldon Adelson ended the suspense on Tuesday night by deciding to forgo another trip to the witness stand in the breach of contract case brought by former Las Vegas Sands Corp. consultant Richard Suen.
For several days, company attorneys had hinted that the chairman and CEO might opt for another crack at persuading the jurors that Suen deserved nothing for his work in trying to win a Macau gaming license more than a decade ago. Suen, on the other hand, contends he had mapped out a winning strategy that is worth $328 million, based a $5 million success fee plus 2 percent of Sands’s net profits in Macau.

In trying to convince jurors that former Las Vegas Sands Corp. consultant Richard Suen should be paid for his work, an expert on Chinese business and politics who testified Monday had the unwitting endorsement of a proverb that decorates a courthouse wall.

With the jury waiting outside the courtroom, attorneys for Las Vegas Sands Corp. on Monday unleashed their sharpest and most personal attack on one-time consultant Richard Suen.

How could Richard Suen have gone so long in his dealings with Las Vegas Sands Corp. without a final, signed contract?

Las Vegas Sands Corp. attorneys’ push Tuesday to discredit former consultant Richard Suen’s credibility highlighted perceived discrepancies with past testimony over matters such as a business plan with an acrylic cover and the meaning of the word “contact.”

Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s first bid to gain a foothold in Macau fell apart for much different reasons than those given by onetime consultant Richard Suen, a former company attorney testified Monday.