Hacker group threatens MGM Resorts if deal not reached. [RJ]
Caesars acknowledges in 8K filing to SEC that it was also the victim of a cyberattack, but did not confirm whether it made a ransom payment. [TNI]
Opinion: DExit to the desert: Why I left Delaware for Nevada. [TNI]
Operation Heat Wave leads to 25 arrests in Vegas. [RJ]
Not Vegas, but after experiencing “the pit,” Walmart litigation chief quits law practice at age 47. Do you think this is newsworthy? Is this part of a trend? Why did it take her so long to find the pit? [ABA Journal]
The writer who thinks Nevada courts are better than the Delaware Court of Chancery is going to have a quite a shock the first time he has to litigate at the RJC.
Worked fine for me too. And it informed me that there is a name for my condition. "The pit." Bloomberg Law described that feeling as “a sense of impending doom and semi-depression” brought on by litigation opponents’ actions and constant problems that had to be addressed. Bingo.
Well, she was highly paid as a senior lawyer at Jones Day, moved to Arkansas which is much less expensive, and was a highly paid senior lawyer for WalMart. Double income, no kids. You bet she can retire at 47,
I am a few years older than that and my neighbor who is the same age just died today from an unexpected illness. He was the posterchild of health. Treasure every day. Every day.
From the order: "The record shows that the district judge
conducted a thorough and appropriate canvass and did not exhibit
antagonism toward or bias against Telles."
Does this also shut the door on Telles making a post conviction argument that he was denied his constitutional right to counsel?
I ask because it seems like Telles believes he would gin up the evidence he needed for his crazy conspiracy theories and then bring in counsel just prior to trial. Judge Leavitt explicitly warned him she would not allow an 11th hour request like that.
Telles is seamlessly executing his master plan. The DA thinks he will but a plea deal, but Telles has been clear all along…he will only accept an acquittal. I’ve spoken with him and he’s spending every waking hour preparing for trial so he can return to his family and celebrate Christmas with them.
10:54 and 12:37-I personally find it shocking if you are attorneys(assuming the posts are from two different people, and not the same poster). But if you are attorneys, I am very sorry but I seriously question your logic, reasoning skills, and basic legal knowledge-at least as to your approach to this case. And if you are attorneys, again with apologies, in my personal opinion you should never be within 1,000 yards of representing a client facing serious criminal charges.
Sorry, but IMO there is no rational attorney who would examine these rulings and procedures to date, and determine that this defendant is running rings around the prosecutors, and will be home in time to celebrate an acquittal for Christmas.
Personally, I knew Telles to an extent and always liked him, and am incredibly shocked by all this. I also have no reason to doubt 12:37 that he or she has spoken to Telles since his incarceration. But people facing a life sentence are often grandiose in their pronouncements, in serious denial, and often become situationally delusional as a defense mechanism to avoid truly facing the horror of life in prison. So, it may very be that Telles, on the surface, projected supreme confidence when speaking to 12:37. The shocking part for me, if 12:37 is in fact an attorney, is that 12:37 seems to swallow all this hook, line and sinker.
12:37 and 8:07 are both right. Yes Telles is not an all knowing genius. But also, 12:37 is right that the DA is filled with half rate attorneys who are terrified of facing off against someone as smart as Telles and losing. They know he will employ strategies they’ve never seen before.
9:51- I hope you are sarcastic. The DA's Office is full of attorneys terrified of facing off with Chesnoff. They are not terrified of facing off with Telles. He was a ridiculously bad attorney while in private practice and got no smarter while in the CCPA. You are right that he is bound to employ strategies that they have never seen, such as throwing spaghetti or insisting that the jury be forced to hula during his direct examination or that Judge Leavitt be forced to wear a Marilyn Monroe mask during voir dire. Novelty does not equate to either quality, merit or success.
"The record shows that the district judge conducted a thorough and appropriate canvass and did not exhibit antagonism toward or bias against Telles."
Leavitt was rude and needlessly antagonistic during the canvass (in other words, she was being herself) but it was indeed through.
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Anonymous
September 15, 2023 6:58 pm
Any thoughts on the NVSC's COVID insurance decision issued yesterday? I'm not an insurance lawyer, so I can't intelligently speak on it. But it seemed to me pretty outcome driven (though I probably agree with the outcome). COVID is definitely different from your typical direct physical damage, but I wasn't convinced by the attempts to distinguish it from smoke, odor, asbestos and other particle-sized threats that seem to always be covered by this kind of policy.
This is 11:58. I agree that was the stronger basis, which made the weak reasoning about the scope of coverage strange. They could've just reversed on the exception and ignored the other issue.
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Anonymous
September 15, 2023 8:06 pm
Is it possible to file some kind of order shortening time with the probate department? I have done probably 15 probate cases without event, but never had to do one on a deadline. Is an OST possible? I assume I file the case normally then send in an OST right?
Please help this person. It's a real question without insults or political commentary. I wish I knew anything about his question. This is the highest calling of this blog. Please help 1:06.
Yes it is. Also possible to avoid the morass that is the Commissioner with a 4.08 election to have the Court hear it (which is usually a simpler OST process than the Commissioner's Office).
At the probate bench-bar meetings, the new commissioner was clear that they would not entertain OST's on actual non-emergencies. Non-emergencies – appointing an executor/administrator instead of waiting the 4 months for the first hearing to do so; confirming sale of real estate; approving accounting/inventory/final distribution. The judges were clear that they did not want to see an increase in 4.08 elections for uncontested matters such as – appointing an executor/administrator instead of waiting the 4 months for the first hearing to do so; confirming sale of real estate; approving accounting/inventory/final distribution; etc. We'd done 4.08 elections for initial appointments, sales of real estate, etc, and they went through in 45 days compared to 4 months, and everyone figured that out so they stopped it. If you need an executor/admin appointed ASAP but to do things like preserve the estate, access bank accounts, substitute Plaintiff for litigation – file your initial petition to appoint, get the clerk's notice of hearing that will be set 4 months out, THEN file an ex-parte petition to appoint a special admin citing the need being 'substantial delays in appointing the administrator with the first hearing being set for January 15th, 2024", and that you need an admin appointed quickly for (whatever reason that is an actual timeliness issue), then file that, send in your order to the probate inbox email, and I've had those approved in 2-3 weeks; then get the special admin to sign the Letters, submit for electronic issuance, and in another week or two you'll be good – done in 4-5 weeks or less.
But – if you're wanting an inventory approved, a final distro approved, a full initial appointment approved – not happening by OST or 4.08 election unless you know the JEA or law clerk for that judge personally and they grease the wheels of justice for you.
It is an intolerable situation. Most of the Friday hearings are simple, administrative matters. Were all the papers filed? Certif of mailings? if yes, then approve. This stuff could be delegated to a mid-level clerk who is given a checklist.
Has anyone made noise about this? Court Administrator, county commissioner?
PS: I hear things are also screwed up in Family Court too.
The target for ex parte special admin orders used to be about 10 days. Probate court is in a state of crisis, and I don't see it clearing up anytime soon.
No, I am not Commissioner Fontano. He and his staff, especially Alex G., have been doing a great job in a very challenging situation. They had a great bench bar yesterday with a lot of really helpful information. Ex Parte Specials usually take much less than 10 days. I have done several this past month. DO NOT FILE A 4.08 as an alternative to an OST. That was something they allowed in the pandemic and they are shutting that down now. Send your OST to the law clerk (Alex G.). They have made significant progress with the backlog and are now taking OST's for a broader range of issues.
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September 16, 2023 1:43 pm
1. File your substantive petition
2. File an ex parte motion for OST. It doesn't require an emergency, but it does require good cause
3. Submit OST to probateinbox@clarkcountycourts.us
4. Call Alex and let him know there's an urgency to get it reviewed
What's the chance this kid serves more than a couple days in hoosegow? Vehicular manslaughter is basically legal in Las Vegas. I don't ride a bike in this town for a reason.
Have you seen the video? I could not sleep right the rest of the night. These morons videotaped their murder of Mr. Probst. I am one of the posters who took grave pains to differentiate the mens rea of the Zaon Collins and Henry Ruggs cases and why those sentences came down the way that they did. The Probst case is pure, undeniable murder once you see the video.
If I remember correctly, Nevada law is silent on riding the wrong way on the sidewalk. If you're in the street you have to follow traffic laws but NRS says nothing about sidewalks.
@4:02 – And this was after they had already run down another biker and vehicle. The driver says to the passenger, "Should I hit him? The passenger says, "Yeah. Go for it." And then they speed up and drive into the back of the bicycle at a high rate of speed. Disgusting and, according to Nevada open murder laws, 1st degree murder in my estimation. Charging the passenger may be more difficult because he didn't physically do anything, but definitely some sort of conspiracy to commit murder there given his assent, encouragement, and filming of the whole incident.
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September 18, 2023 3:14 pm
Compare Paxton to Ford. I watched part of the impeachment trial. It looks like he was impeached because he was trying to do what he was elected to do. No such risk for Ford. If you look it up, use Yandex or Swisscows. Google and Bing first page results all trash.
FIRST! Woohoo! Happy Friday!
The writer who thinks Nevada courts are better than the Delaware Court of Chancery is going to have a quite a shock the first time he has to litigate at the RJC.
The author.. thinks the COC fosters "protracted" litigation??? Compared to here? Can't wait until he gets his first request to waive the 5 year rule.
I am a business court regular but have exactly zero experience with Delaware. Are they that bad?
CoC seemed to move pretty quickly when Ol' Musky tried to pull out of the Twitter purchase.
Don’t click on the ABA Journal article. I clicked “Continue” to read the article and it set off my Windows Defender and locked my computer.
It works fine for me. there is a cookie preference popup but nothing else.
Worked fine for me too. And it informed me that there is a name for my condition. "The pit." Bloomberg Law described that feeling as “a sense of impending doom and semi-depression” brought on by litigation opponents’ actions and constant problems that had to be addressed. Bingo.
Me too!
Well, she was highly paid as a senior lawyer at Jones Day, moved to Arkansas which is much less expensive, and was a highly paid senior lawyer for WalMart. Double income, no kids. You bet she can retire at 47,
I am a few years older than that and my neighbor who is the same age just died today from an unexpected illness. He was the posterchild of health. Treasure every day. Every day.
Rob Telles loses writ proceeding seeking judicial reassignment and direction for trial court to let him issue third-party subpoenas without a court order. https://caseinfo.nvsupremecourt.us/public/caseView.do?csIID=67027
He is playing chess while DA playing checkers haha
Never seen a guy so thoroughly checkmate himself.
From the order: "The record shows that the district judge
conducted a thorough and appropriate canvass and did not exhibit
antagonism toward or bias against Telles."
Does this also shut the door on Telles making a post conviction argument that he was denied his constitutional right to counsel?
I ask because it seems like Telles believes he would gin up the evidence he needed for his crazy conspiracy theories and then bring in counsel just prior to trial. Judge Leavitt explicitly warned him she would not allow an 11th hour request like that.
11:05, I would think it would make it that much more difficult to make what was already going to be a difficult argument.
Telles is seamlessly executing his master plan. The DA thinks he will but a plea deal, but Telles has been clear all along…he will only accept an acquittal. I’ve spoken with him and he’s spending every waking hour preparing for trial so he can return to his family and celebrate Christmas with them.
He could not be losing more thoroughly. Never seen someone lose so completely and thoroughly as Telles manages to lose.
10:54 and 12:37-I personally find it shocking if you are attorneys(assuming the posts are from two different people, and not the same poster). But if you are attorneys, I am very sorry but I seriously question your logic, reasoning skills, and basic legal knowledge-at least as to your approach to this case. And if you are attorneys, again with apologies, in my personal opinion you should never be within 1,000 yards of representing a client facing serious criminal charges.
Sorry, but IMO there is no rational attorney who would examine these rulings and procedures to date, and determine that this defendant is running rings around the prosecutors, and will be home in time to celebrate an acquittal for Christmas.
Personally, I knew Telles to an extent and always liked him, and am incredibly shocked by all this. I also have no reason to doubt 12:37 that he or she has spoken to Telles since his incarceration. But people facing a life sentence are often grandiose in their pronouncements, in serious denial, and often become situationally delusional as a defense mechanism to avoid truly facing the horror of life in prison. So, it may very be that Telles, on the surface, projected supreme confidence when speaking to 12:37. The shocking part for me, if 12:37 is in fact an attorney, is that 12:37 seems to swallow all this hook, line and sinker.
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8:07 dude u know much if the above is sarcastic right?
12:37 and 8:07 are both right. Yes Telles is not an all knowing genius. But also, 12:37 is right that the DA is filled with half rate attorneys who are terrified of facing off against someone as smart as Telles and losing. They know he will employ strategies they’ve never seen before.
9:51- I hope you are sarcastic. The DA's Office is full of attorneys terrified of facing off with Chesnoff. They are not terrified of facing off with Telles. He was a ridiculously bad attorney while in private practice and got no smarter while in the CCPA. You are right that he is bound to employ strategies that they have never seen, such as throwing spaghetti or insisting that the jury be forced to hula during his direct examination or that Judge Leavitt be forced to wear a Marilyn Monroe mask during voir dire. Novelty does not equate to either quality, merit or success.
Re the masks n hula dancing, let’s leave your sexual fantasies out of it haha
"The record shows that the district judge conducted a thorough and appropriate canvass and did not exhibit antagonism toward or bias against Telles."
Leavitt was rude and needlessly antagonistic during the canvass (in other words, she was being herself) but it was indeed through.
Any thoughts on the NVSC's COVID insurance decision issued yesterday? I'm not an insurance lawyer, so I can't intelligently speak on it. But it seemed to me pretty outcome driven (though I probably agree with the outcome). COVID is definitely different from your typical direct physical damage, but I wasn't convinced by the attempts to distinguish it from smoke, odor, asbestos and other particle-sized threats that seem to always be covered by this kind of policy.
The problem is virus was listed as an exception to coverage.
This is 11:58. I agree that was the stronger basis, which made the weak reasoning about the scope of coverage strange. They could've just reversed on the exception and ignored the other issue.
Is it possible to file some kind of order shortening time with the probate department? I have done probably 15 probate cases without event, but never had to do one on a deadline. Is an OST possible? I assume I file the case normally then send in an OST right?
Please help this person. It's a real question without insults or political commentary. I wish I knew anything about his question. This is the highest calling of this blog. Please help 1:06.
Yes it is. Also possible to avoid the morass that is the Commissioner with a 4.08 election to have the Court hear it (which is usually a simpler OST process than the Commissioner's Office).
At the probate bench-bar meetings, the new commissioner was clear that they would not entertain OST's on actual non-emergencies. Non-emergencies – appointing an executor/administrator instead of waiting the 4 months for the first hearing to do so; confirming sale of real estate; approving accounting/inventory/final distribution. The judges were clear that they did not want to see an increase in 4.08 elections for uncontested matters such as – appointing an executor/administrator instead of waiting the 4 months for the first hearing to do so; confirming sale of real estate; approving accounting/inventory/final distribution; etc. We'd done 4.08 elections for initial appointments, sales of real estate, etc, and they went through in 45 days compared to 4 months, and everyone figured that out so they stopped it. If you need an executor/admin appointed ASAP but to do things like preserve the estate, access bank accounts, substitute Plaintiff for litigation – file your initial petition to appoint, get the clerk's notice of hearing that will be set 4 months out, THEN file an ex-parte petition to appoint a special admin citing the need being 'substantial delays in appointing the administrator with the first hearing being set for January 15th, 2024", and that you need an admin appointed quickly for (whatever reason that is an actual timeliness issue), then file that, send in your order to the probate inbox email, and I've had those approved in 2-3 weeks; then get the special admin to sign the Letters, submit for electronic issuance, and in another week or two you'll be good – done in 4-5 weeks or less.
But – if you're wanting an inventory approved, a final distro approved, a full initial appointment approved – not happening by OST or 4.08 election unless you know the JEA or law clerk for that judge personally and they grease the wheels of justice for you.
It is an intolerable situation. Most of the Friday hearings are simple, administrative matters. Were all the papers filed? Certif of mailings? if yes, then approve. This stuff could be delegated to a mid-level clerk who is given a checklist.
Has anyone made noise about this? Court Administrator, county commissioner?
PS: I hear things are also screwed up in Family Court too.
The target for ex parte special admin orders used to be about 10 days. Probate court is in a state of crisis, and I don't see it clearing up anytime soon.
No, I am not Commissioner Fontano. He and his staff, especially Alex G., have been doing a great job in a very challenging situation. They had a great bench bar yesterday with a lot of really helpful information. Ex Parte Specials usually take much less than 10 days. I have done several this past month. DO NOT FILE A 4.08 as an alternative to an OST. That was something they allowed in the pandemic and they are shutting that down now. Send your OST to the law clerk (Alex G.). They have made significant progress with the backlog and are now taking OST's for a broader range of issues.
1. File your substantive petition
2. File an ex parte motion for OST. It doesn't require an emergency, but it does require good cause
3. Submit OST to probateinbox@clarkcountycourts.us
4. Call Alex and let him know there's an urgency to get it reviewed
Looks like Harvey finally caught a break.
Good for him. He is back to making money anyways.
Yeah, sounds like someone’s malpractice carrier might be paying that judgment.
What case are we discussing?
What's the chance this kid serves more than a couple days in hoosegow? Vehicular manslaughter is basically legal in Las Vegas. I don't ride a bike in this town for a reason.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12526679/Las-Vegas-hit-run-death-cyclist-Andreas-Probst.html
Have you seen the video? I could not sleep right the rest of the night. These morons videotaped their murder of Mr. Probst. I am one of the posters who took grave pains to differentiate the mens rea of the Zaon Collins and Henry Ruggs cases and why those sentences came down the way that they did. The Probst case is pure, undeniable murder once you see the video.
This is why I always bicycle on the sidewalk and facing traffic. Damn any law to the contrary!
If I remember correctly, Nevada law is silent on riding the wrong way on the sidewalk. If you're in the street you have to follow traffic laws but NRS says nothing about sidewalks.
@4:02 – And this was after they had already run down another biker and vehicle. The driver says to the passenger, "Should I hit him? The passenger says, "Yeah. Go for it." And then they speed up and drive into the back of the bicycle at a high rate of speed. Disgusting and, according to Nevada open murder laws, 1st degree murder in my estimation. Charging the passenger may be more difficult because he didn't physically do anything, but definitely some sort of conspiracy to commit murder there given his assent, encouragement, and filming of the whole incident.
Compare Paxton to Ford. I watched part of the impeachment trial. It looks like he was impeached because he was trying to do what he was elected to do. No such risk for Ford. If you look it up, use Yandex or Swisscows. Google and Bing first page results all trash.
If only I could deliver closing statements this powerful.
https://yandex.com/video/preview/6184048826347768673