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- Magistrate Peggy Leen orders UMC to pay $820,000 in sanctions and attorney fees in a wages case. [KNPR]
- A limo driver told another driver who was DUI to leave the scene. [Fox5Vegas]
- The ouster of Jeff Sessions was good for marijuana? [Las Vegas Sun]
- How legislative and commission vacancies are filled. [TNI]
Who were the attorneys in the Peggy Leen case?
Here's the order. http://tostrudlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-7-31_Small-v.-UMC_Order-re-Report-and-Recommendation.pdf
TL; DR version:
ESI Discovery Hard.
ESI Confusing.
Spoliation Bad.
$820k of the taxpayer's money down the drain thanks to the incompetence of UMC management. Why am I not surprised?
UMC relies on their counsel, who in turn relies on their ESI vendor/consultant who in turn according to the order outsources to another ESI vendor/consultant. Incompetency x4
One of the lawyers for UMC lists her address as Nevada Court of Appeals. Huh?
The attorney letters are from 2014.
Raiders PSL Agreement
INDEMNIFICATION. THE LICENSEE AGREES TO AND DOES HEREBY RELEASE,
DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS THE INDEMNITEES (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE STADIUM PARTIES AND THE PSL AGENT) FROM AND
AGAINST ANY LIABILITY, LOSSES, CLAIMS, DEMANDS, COSTS, AND EXPENSES,
INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND LITIGATION EXPENSES, ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO (I) ANY VIOLATION OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT OR OF ANY
APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS OR ORDERS, (II) THE USE OF ALCOHOL
IN OR AROUND THE STADIUM (INCLUDING THE PARKING LOTS) BY THE LICENSEE
OR ANY OF THE LICENSEE’S GUESTS, (III) THE CONDUCT OR BEHAVIOR OF THE
LICENSEE AND THE LICENSEE’S GUESTS, AND/OR THE USE OF THE SEATS OR THE
STADIUM (INCLUDING THE PARKING LOTS) BY THE LICENSEE OR THE LICENSEE’S
GUESTS, AND (IV) ANY PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRING
IN OR AROUND THE STADIUM (INCLUDING THE PARKING LOTS) IN CONNECTION
WITH THE LICENSEE’S OR THE LICENSEE’S GUESTS’ USE OF THE STADIUM OR
RELATED AUTHORITY PROPERTY (INCLUDING THE PARKING LOTS) OR
OCCUPANCY OF THE SEAT(S), REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSONAL INJURY
OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY OR RESULTS FROM, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, THE NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER FAULT OF ANY INDEMNITEE, WHETHER SOLE,
JOINT, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, EXCEPTING FROM THIS INDEMNITY ONLY THOSE
DAMAGES, COSTS OR EXPENSES ATTRIBUTABLE (AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT
ATTRIBUTABLE) TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF AN
INDEMNITEE AND ONLY WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INDEMNITEE.
Does anyone think this will hold up in court if I buy season tickets and sell them to people…does that make them my "guest"? I'm mostly worried about the parking lot.
What parking lot? (Unless you spring for the really fancy seats, you won't get a spot in the parking lot).
I'm just curious what interest other members of the legal community have the Raiders? Did you buy season tickets? Would you spring for single game tickets? Do you anticipate that you will become a fan of the Raiders, why or why not?
I am a sports nut, but I have zero interest in the Raiders. Wondering where others are on this.
I'm not a Raiders fan, but I'd probably buy tickets if they play one of the teams I follow; primarily for the in-person NFL stadium experience. Other than that, not much interest.
Agreed. I'll attend once or twice just to have the live NFL experience. And once I do, I much prefer to watch all other games on the tube in the comfort of my man cave.
I did not buy season tickets. If there is a game I want to see, I'll go on Stubhub or Seatgeek. I'd rather overpay for a game I want to see than be forced to buy preseason games and/or games I don't care about.
I've been a fan of the NFL since 1970 and have rooted loyally for one team during that entire time. I'm not switching now, especially to the Raiders. What am I going to do, wear a plastic silver helmet and paint my face black? I don't think so.
Candidly, I still don't really consider any of the teams that came over from the AFL "real" NFL teams. I don't care how many Super Bowls Brady and the Pats go to, they're not a real NFL team.
I got tickets. Expensive ones. Sure hope they improve their play before they get here…
I have done the NFL Stadium experience at 4 different stadiums. Honestly NFL is a TV game. College stadiums are by and large much better in person. Pass on NFL tickets. Especially pass on the Raiders.
2:54, they're obviously trying to pull a Rams by tanking now for a bunch of draft picks the next few years so that they'll be good when they move cities.
I bought seats. Never been to an NFL game and not a huge fan, but going to give it a try. Worst case, I'll sell 'em.
Not going to watch. Raiders are a shell of a team and that doesn't matter to the owners. Fans still buy licenses and tickets. I expected there would be ample parking for tail gate parties. But, there's not. Mr. Sisolak had to take care of MGM and keep the parties at MGM. I'll say it now: "Giving the Raiders $650,000,000 for a stadium was a BAD idea. I told you so."
Only tickets I need…
https://www.vegaspbs.org/tickets/#tea
Go VegasPBS!
Don't hate me, Jordan. I entered to win Knights tix.
Construction defects sweeps hearing was today. Gone are the glory days of the cookie munchers, but they're still holding on for dear life. What used to be two and a half days of status hearings is now done in less than a day. Many waiting with bated breach to see if the blue wave brings about changes in chapter 40 so that the machine can start up again.
I was wondering this on election day too. Is there some kind of lobbying entity that would make this happen? Cookie munchers, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
that lobbying entity is called the Plaintiffs' bar. I won't mention names, but if you look at CD cases you can figure it out quickly. Also, look at legislative history of AB 125 and you'll see whose pocketbooks were most hurt by the last change in the law.
The DUI thing seems like a real flaw in the law. Is leaving the scene worse than a DUI? If not it seems like there is a good incentive to hit and run when drunk.
There is a huge incentive. If you are in an accident that causes property damage, run. Run far away and sober up. I know, I know its not legal. But it is smart.
Legislatively there is an easy fix for that problem. Make the penalty for hit and run much higher. If you set it more along the lines of property damage only as similar to DUI with injuries and a hit and run with injuries more in line with a vehicular manslaughter it would instantly reverse the incentive structure.
Under such a revised system it would be better to stick around and get punished for the DUI (which in most cases can be plea bargained to something not so horrific other than the SR-22 insurance problem) than risking the enhanced penalties if caught on the hit and run.