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- Judge David Jones awards developer $48 million in Badlands case. [RJ]
- Total price tag on it expected to top $100 million. [KTNV]
- Nevada’s federal public defender, Rene Valladares, reappointed for fourth term. [RJ]
- Here is commentary on how RTCs affect housing prices and traffic. [Nevada Current]
Sweet sweet money! I wish I had a slice of the Badlands litigation.
If you're a Las Vegas taxpayer, you do have a slice – a slice of the side that will be paying the judgment.
Tax money is the sweetest money there is: free and unlimited, with no accountability.
They complain about the RTC being all conservatives (which I presume he means "Republicans") until now, but the author doesn't complain about the Clark County Commission being all Democrats.
Because R=bad. D=untouchable.
They are useless fkg bureaucrats. Out to line their own pockets…….and launder our money.
The article is a pitch for more bike protect paths and somehow bootstraps that into an argument against tract home development. I am not against bike paths, but it is extremely unlikely that I will chose to live in high density 3 story housing, or commute to work by bicycle given the extremes of our climate.
The arguments against building more single family housing are analogous to the people screaming about those on food stamps having smart phones.
Apparently if you are not rich, you’re not allowed to want or have anything nice in life. A family of 4 should live in a 500 sq ft 2 bedroom apartment and be grateful.
Building more huge McMansions makes no sense. Building 1600-1800 sq ft single family houses on small lots allows lower income and first time buyers to have an affordable option to attain home ownership and gives them the dignity of their own space.
Apartment living is miserable and it puts money in the pockets of landlords. The people screaming to build more apartments are not the people who will actually have to live in them.
Isn't Elizabeth Ghanem, who represents Lowie and his company, 180 Land Co. LLC, a subsidiary of EHB Cos. the wife of Artemus Ham, Esq. who is a partner with Eglet? So Eglet gets part of this money too?
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This is a good one – Jack Daniel's trademark litigation….https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-business-toys-government-and-politics-13165ef0b235a46926e9953b736f4a5c
I love Jack Daniels but this trademark case is beneath them.
I have a serious question and I’m hoping you can help me.
I’m in charge of hiring associates for a mid-size firm in Henderson.
I’ve whittled the field down to three candidates; one is a white male from UNLV (also grew up in Las Vegas). Another candidate is a black female from Chicago. The third is an Asian male from California.
I was essentially forced by management to have at least two finalists be bipoc, so here we are.
The white male is by far the best candidate. He is sharp (top 10% of his class) and will fit in personality wise great with the other associates.
The Asian male is super smart, but lacks the social skills to succeed with us.
The black female is the least worthy of the three. She showed an alarming lack of basic legal knowledge during the interview process, but its 2022, so she made the finals.
I’m concerned that if we hire the black female she will crash and burn, and when she is fired, sue us for discrimination. But there is a lot pf pressure on me (and the firm) to add POCs to the firm.
Any suggestions out there?
On the chance that this is not just trolling…
Obviously you hire the best candidate, regardless of their race, color, national origin, you know… all the stuff that it is illegal to discriminate against people based on.
12:44 here again – My apologies, my prior response was pretty dickish.
Hire the best candidate. Remember that of course a white male can also sue for discrimination if he's passed over for someone who has lesser qualifications. I'd rather defend a racial failure to hire claim from a weak candidate than from a strong candidate.
Also, what's the point of hiring someone you think might crash and burn? That does no one any good, and will only harm clients in the process.
Finally, I'm curious why there is pressure not just on you (I get that these days), but on the firm as well, to hire POCs? Pressure from whom?
I would be careful about distinguishing candidates based on who will “fit in.” That is the classic basis resulting in homogenous white staff. Does being local add anything?
Just a general observation. The real damage from institutional racism is done early in life, particularly in inequitable primary and secondary public education. It seems little effort is made to remedy this. Instead, our policies have focused on college, grad school and professional settings. However, by then serious harm has been done. So we do dumb things like get rid of the LSAT or impose arbitrary DEI standards, both formal and informal. These just mask, but do not solve, the underlying problem.
Hire someone from Texas. Texans make the best lawyers.
Echo what 1:44 said – avoid "fit in" like the plague. Perhaps more specific things like "demonstrated ability to work effectively in groups" or whatever applies.
I haven't done a lot of hiring, but to me being local does count for something – presumably has more roots via family / friends locally and would be less likely to leave the area. I don't understand it myself, but apparently Nevada is not for everyone.
A quick youtube search confirms 2:17.
Does Yogan Lowie still live in Vegas? I remember his hideous penthouse was up for sale a while back for a stupidly ridiculous price. Did it sell?