Remember how MGM was suing victims of the October 1 shooting. Now, they’re trying to convince the people they sued to accept service in exchange for a $500 contribution to charity? Good or bad strategy–what do you think? [CBSNews]
Remember that lawsuit against the Oregon State Bar that some of you were discussing the other day–here is a copy of the complaint.
A summary of the findings into the Phil Kohn sexual harassment investigation has been made public. [RJ]
AG/gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt racked up 8 traffic tickets in a 10 year period–and just paid off a 15-year old ticket last month. [TNI]
The immigrant mom who was being detained in Henderson could be reunited with her daughter this week. [TNI]
Just a few weeks until the new law on ignition locks for DUIs goes into effect. [LasVegasNow]
Had no idea Laxalt had a DUI. Is there a single candidate for state office that doesn't have a criminal history? So we can vote for Adam the fortunate son frat boy or creepy Uncle Steve. God help us.
Well you may have answered your own question. What is Sisolak's criminal history? I mean, frankly I do not care about a 20 year DUI/MiP or 20 year old disturbing the peace. I care about who you are today. Trust me, I am plenty turned off by the dunderheaded sycophant that Laxalt and the lazy poli-climbing of Ford today to be turned off. I do not need to look that far in the past.
I care about any age of a DUI. DUI kills innocent people just as if you fired a gun into a crowd. You may get lucky and no one gets killed, but often they do. It's a terrible moral stain on your character. I can't vote for Laxalt after learning about this, and I'm a hardcore Rep.
A truly good legal strategy takes business needs, such as public relations, into account too.
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September 12, 2018 4:22 pm
It is good legal strategy; it is not good PR strategy.
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September 12, 2018 5:22 pm
The new apple watch can now detect when you slip, trip, or fall. Wonder how accessible the info is and it it'll possible to subpoena it in a personal injury case? Or in a car accident if the watch keeps raw acceleration/movement data?
The sexual harassment report on Phil Kohn notes that he had a thing for attractive brunettes. In the last 10-12 years, Kohn has hired about 20-25 beautiful brunettes; many did not last long. That group of women has enjoyed spectacular favors in the office when it comes to assignments and promotions. Kohn's conduct has been disgusting. He fawns over them. He talked incessantly about how beautiful the women were. He is a fool.
I know amazing attorneys not hired there because they were not pretty brunettes. So frustrating that he's got that control over people's career trajectories.
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September 12, 2018 7:26 pm
The lawsuit against the Oregon State Bar reinforces the vulnerability of mandatory bars, including Nevada's, to this type of First Amendment litigation. Inasmuch as mandatory bars like SBN are nontransparent about how they spend our member funds, I hope the plaintiffs are successful in forcing wide open the finances of the Oregon Bar. Let this suit be the first of many across the country.
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September 12, 2018 7:30 pm
Kohn from the P.D. office has made it clear to many people that he has no interest in the white males in his office. He tells everyone he's all about promoting and hiring women, then he pays way too much attention to the ones he hires.
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September 12, 2018 8:26 pm
6 decisions from the NVSCt scheduled for tomorrow. But, looks like half are HOA-related. Welp, gotta start somehwere I guess.
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September 12, 2018 8:43 pm
Is no one going to talk about Randy Miley's Facebook post announcing his divorce AND accusing an "unknown" person of poisoning him with arsenic?
As far as we're concerned, this is only boarder-line "legal news", as opposed to a private concern. However, we'll let the comments proceed, so long as they comply with our comment guidelines, set out above. The comments we removed didn't fit that bill.
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September 12, 2018 9:22 pm
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September 12, 2018 10:47 pm
Blog moderators are getting testy. If they're going to do this, fine. But they need to remove "gossip" from "las vegas, nevada legal news, rumors, gossip, etc."
Probably should remove "etc." also.
Judges are smack in the middle of the legal community, by choice. They're fair game, including the public aspects of their personal lives. She's getting a divorce; commentators should be allowed to comment.
I heard from reliable sources that those who complaint their comments are being removed are really paid actors who never actually posted comments and this is just a big false flag.
As someone who has hard FAR worse/false posts made against me allowed to remain on this page, the change in policy is both welcome and simultaneously arousing curiosity regarding whether the subjects of these posts are getting favored treatment.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Every "legitimate" online platform (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube, etc.) has commenting guidelines, which are generally aimed at prohibiting bullying, trolling, defamation, and general incivility, etc. The same goes for this blog, which is designed to serve a relatively small, tight-knight legal community (and note, unlike the foregoing platforms which have made their owners rich, this blog has not generated a dime for the admins – we maintain it only because we believe it provides a valuable resource for the legal community). Without these types of commenting guidelines in place, these platforms turn into a cesspool of negativity, or worse, and the platforms, their admins and certain out of control commentors open themselves up to being sued into oblivion. If you can't understand this, don't agree with this, or don't like this, then you are most likely the person(s) causing the majority of the problems on here lately. I would encourage you to see yourself out, and perhaps even start your own blog to shit on.
I appreciate the increased moderation, law.dawg. The comments you mentioned were clogging up the blog and making it impossible to have conversations about anything else.
Thank you. Although it's impossible to know for sure, we keep the torch burning because we like to think that you and those like you represent the majority of our readers, who want more from this blog than what has been showcased here recently.
I appreciate the moderation Law.Dawg. With that said, you certainly can understand how some posters might see that the standards are occasionally perceived as widely disparate in what gets deleted and what is allowed to run rampant. The problem with calling balls and strikes is that people then come to expect you to call them uniformly and objectively.
true, but we don't know who is demanding posts be taken down or who is threatening lawsuits over these posts–though we do know there have been lawsuits in the past–just ASK anyone who has been around.
One thing I've always been curious about vis-a-vis this blog's handling of user comments is whether consideration has been given to whether it's wise to moderate any (much less the worst of the worst) third-party comments in light of Communications Decency Act Section 230 immunity.
Not a mod, but just because you might have immunity down the line doesn't mean you can't still be sued and dragged through the mud. Even if you prevail on immunity that's still attorneys fees and time from your life you'll never get back.
True, but the more the website's operators exercise editorial control over comments, might that undermine an immunity claim should the blog's operators ever truly need immunity? The blog's operators 86'ing the worst of the worst probably does significantly reduce the the likelihood of getting sued and dragged through the mud, but a motivated person who believes he or she has been wronged (no matter how rightly or wrongly) can always file a lawsuit.
3:40 understands the CDA. The more you editorially control the site; the lower your immunity becomes because you were scrutinizing and editorially making the decision as to what survives and what does not.
This article appeared in the local newspapers in 2009. District Judge Stefany Miley is suing attorney Edward Miley for divorce.
According to a copy of her Nov. 13 complaint, the judge says she and her husband of 12 years “have become incompatible to the degree that it is impossible for them to continue to live together in a harmonious marital relationship.”
The marriage fell apart Oct. 1 in what authorities and the judge alleged was a violent confrontation in front of their two young sons that led to Edward Miley’s arrest.
Several days later the district attorney’s office filed a criminal complaint against the lawyer, charging him with felony child abuse and neglect, misdemeanor domestic violence and misdemeanor cruelty to animals. The family’s cocker spaniel was injured during the confrontation, which Stefany Miley alleged was fueled by her husband’s heavy drinking.
Edward Miley has since spent time at a rehab center and is set to be arraigned on the criminal charges in Las Vegas Justice Court on Tuesday.
Although the marriage is headed for divorce, cooler heads appear to be prevailing in the rocky relationship.
Judge Miley is seeking primary custody of the couple’s sons, but at a closed hearing in Family Court last week, an arrangement was worked out to allow both parents to temporarily share custody.
Also, a protective order barring Miley’s husband from setting foot in the Regional Justice Center, where she sits on the bench, has been lifted, allowing the lawyer to go back to practicing his livelihood. The judge is seeking alimony and child support, the complaint says.
What a sensitive statement to make. Are you going to use it in your campaign when you run against her again, Craig?
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September 13, 2018 12:14 pm
So sad and sorry for the Miley family.
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September 13, 2018 2:39 pm
I understand where Law Dawg is coming from and I certainly don't want this forum to go the way of Wild Wild Law or whatever that was called, but if they are posting about their divorce on Facebook, at least some of that is fair game. That being said, do y'all think it is appropriate for government employers to check Facebook on their applicants when they hired. In theory, they are supposed to be hiring on announced and vetted criteria, but it is hard to ignore some of the stuff that attorneys/law clerks put out there.
7:39 In keeping with your "fair game" comment, if someone with problems is dumb enough to post them on Facebook as self-treating psychotherapy, they should not be surprised when the toxic stuff shows up in response.
Had no idea Laxalt had a DUI. Is there a single candidate for state office that doesn't have a criminal history? So we can vote for Adam the fortunate son frat boy or creepy Uncle Steve. God help us.
Well you may have answered your own question. What is Sisolak's criminal history? I mean, frankly I do not care about a 20 year DUI/MiP or 20 year old disturbing the peace. I care about who you are today. Trust me, I am plenty turned off by the dunderheaded sycophant that Laxalt and the lazy poli-climbing of Ford today to be turned off. I do not need to look that far in the past.
I care about any age of a DUI. DUI kills innocent people just as if you fired a gun into a crowd. You may get lucky and no one gets killed, but often they do. It's a terrible moral stain on your character. I can't vote for Laxalt after learning about this, and I'm a hardcore Rep.
All republicans are encouraged to vote Bundy. Thank you.
All Dems are encouraged to vote for Aaron Ford. Thank you.
Who is advising MGM on the PR for its lawsuit? It never comes out right, and continues to dig big PR holes for the company
A truly good legal strategy takes business needs, such as public relations, into account too.
It is good legal strategy; it is not good PR strategy.
The new apple watch can now detect when you slip, trip, or fall. Wonder how accessible the info is and it it'll possible to subpoena it in a personal injury case? Or in a car accident if the watch keeps raw acceleration/movement data?
Genius. Evil genius, but genius.
The sexual harassment report on Phil Kohn notes that he had a thing for attractive brunettes. In the last 10-12 years, Kohn has hired about 20-25 beautiful brunettes; many did not last long. That group of women has enjoyed spectacular favors in the office when it comes to assignments and promotions. Kohn's conduct has been disgusting. He fawns over them. He talked incessantly about how beautiful the women were. He is a fool.
I know amazing attorneys not hired there because they were not pretty brunettes. So frustrating that he's got that control over people's career trajectories.
The lawsuit against the Oregon State Bar reinforces the vulnerability of mandatory bars, including Nevada's, to this type of First Amendment litigation. Inasmuch as mandatory bars like SBN are nontransparent about how they spend our member funds, I hope the plaintiffs are successful in forcing wide open the finances of the Oregon Bar. Let this suit be the first of many across the country.
Kohn from the P.D. office has made it clear to many people that he has no interest in the white males in his office. He tells everyone he's all about promoting and hiring women, then he pays way too much attention to the ones he hires.
6 decisions from the NVSCt scheduled for tomorrow. But, looks like half are HOA-related. Welp, gotta start somehwere I guess.
Is no one going to talk about Randy Miley's Facebook post announcing his divorce AND accusing an "unknown" person of poisoning him with arsenic?
As far as we're concerned, this is only boarder-line "legal news", as opposed to a private concern. However, we'll let the comments proceed, so long as they comply with our comment guidelines, set out above. The comments we removed didn't fit that bill.
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
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Blog moderators are getting testy. If they're going to do this, fine. But they need to remove "gossip" from "las vegas, nevada legal news, rumors, gossip, etc."
Probably should remove "etc." also.
Judges are smack in the middle of the legal community, by choice. They're fair game, including the public aspects of their personal lives. She's getting a divorce; commentators should be allowed to comment.
I heard from reliable sources that those who complaint their comments are being removed are really paid actors who never actually posted comments and this is just a big false flag.
Yes, there were not multiple comments removed yesterday. I guess that was a fairy tale as well.
As someone who has hard FAR worse/false posts made against me allowed to remain on this page, the change in policy is both welcome and simultaneously arousing curiosity regarding whether the subjects of these posts are getting favored treatment.
They are. The blogger is pro Aaron Ford and Elissa Cadish. Anyone else is fair game.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Every "legitimate" online platform (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube, etc.) has commenting guidelines, which are generally aimed at prohibiting bullying, trolling, defamation, and general incivility, etc. The same goes for this blog, which is designed to serve a relatively small, tight-knight legal community (and note, unlike the foregoing platforms which have made their owners rich, this blog has not generated a dime for the admins – we maintain it only because we believe it provides a valuable resource for the legal community). Without these types of commenting guidelines in place, these platforms turn into a cesspool of negativity, or worse, and the platforms, their admins and certain out of control commentors open themselves up to being sued into oblivion. If you can't understand this, don't agree with this, or don't like this, then you are most likely the person(s) causing the majority of the problems on here lately. I would encourage you to see yourself out, and perhaps even start your own blog to shit on.
I appreciate the increased moderation, law.dawg. The comments you mentioned were clogging up the blog and making it impossible to have conversations about anything else.
Thank you. Although it's impossible to know for sure, we keep the torch burning because we like to think that you and those like you represent the majority of our readers, who want more from this blog than what has been showcased here recently.
I appreciate the moderation Law.Dawg. With that said, you certainly can understand how some posters might see that the standards are occasionally perceived as widely disparate in what gets deleted and what is allowed to run rampant. The problem with calling balls and strikes is that people then come to expect you to call them uniformly and objectively.
true, but we don't know who is demanding posts be taken down or who is threatening lawsuits over these posts–though we do know there have been lawsuits in the past–just ASK anyone who has been around.
I see what you did there 8:56. Lolz
One thing I've always been curious about vis-a-vis this blog's handling of user comments is whether consideration has been given to whether it's wise to moderate any (much less the worst of the worst) third-party comments in light of Communications Decency Act Section 230 immunity.
Not a mod, but just because you might have immunity down the line doesn't mean you can't still be sued and dragged through the mud. Even if you prevail on immunity that's still attorneys fees and time from your life you'll never get back.
True, but the more the website's operators exercise editorial control over comments, might that undermine an immunity claim should the blog's operators ever truly need immunity? The blog's operators 86'ing the worst of the worst probably does significantly reduce the the likelihood of getting sued and dragged through the mud, but a motivated person who believes he or she has been wronged (no matter how rightly or wrongly) can always file a lawsuit.
3:40 understands the CDA. The more you editorially control the site; the lower your immunity becomes because you were scrutinizing and editorially making the decision as to what survives and what does not.
Ask the operators of WWLB how that worked out for them.
Fair point.
This article appeared in the local newspapers in 2009. District Judge Stefany Miley is suing attorney Edward Miley for divorce.
According to a copy of her Nov. 13 complaint, the judge says she and her husband of 12 years “have become incompatible to the degree that it is impossible for them to continue to live together in a harmonious marital relationship.”
The marriage fell apart Oct. 1 in what authorities and the judge alleged was a violent confrontation in front of their two young sons that led to Edward Miley’s arrest.
Several days later the district attorney’s office filed a criminal complaint against the lawyer, charging him with felony child abuse and neglect, misdemeanor domestic violence and misdemeanor cruelty to animals. The family’s cocker spaniel was injured during the confrontation, which Stefany Miley alleged was fueled by her husband’s heavy drinking.
Edward Miley has since spent time at a rehab center and is set to be arraigned on the criminal charges in Las Vegas Justice Court on Tuesday.
Although the marriage is headed for divorce, cooler heads appear to be prevailing in the rocky relationship.
Judge Miley is seeking primary custody of the couple’s sons, but at a closed hearing in Family Court last week, an arrangement was worked out to allow both parents to temporarily share custody.
Also, a protective order barring Miley’s husband from setting foot in the Regional Justice Center, where she sits on the bench, has been lifted, allowing the lawyer to go back to practicing his livelihood. The judge is seeking alimony and child support, the complaint says.
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This is from 9 years ago. Who cares
What a sensitive statement to make. Are you going to use it in your campaign when you run against her again, Craig?
So sad and sorry for the Miley family.
I understand where Law Dawg is coming from and I certainly don't want this forum to go the way of Wild Wild Law or whatever that was called, but if they are posting about their divorce on Facebook, at least some of that is fair game. That being said, do y'all think it is appropriate for government employers to check Facebook on their applicants when they hired. In theory, they are supposed to be hiring on announced and vetted criteria, but it is hard to ignore some of the stuff that attorneys/law clerks put out there.
7:39 In keeping with your "fair game" comment, if someone with problems is dumb enough to post them on Facebook as self-treating psychotherapy, they should not be surprised when the toxic stuff shows up in response.