In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
\A volunteer hearing panel opted to spare Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones鈥 law license, rejecting the state bar counsel鈥檚 urge to disbar Jones for deleting text messages related to a controversial real estate development project near Red Rock Canyon. Moreover, it rejected outright the state bar鈥檚 claim that Jones bribed then-county-commissioner and eventual Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak.
A legal and political showdown looms on Monday after the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, in apparent defiance of court orders, as well as a Brown University kidney doctor.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied broker/dealer Alpine Securities鈥 attempt to immediately stop FINRA's pursuit to expel it from the industry.
GenBioPro, the Nevada pharmaceutical company that makes and distributes a generic version of the medication abortion drug mifepristone, has joined the Food and Drug Administration in a lawsuit to protect access to the drug that鈥檚 become a major method of ending a pregnancy in the United States.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has faced criticism from the securities industry it regulates ever since it was formed in 2007 by the merging of NASD and NYSE Regulation, Enforcement, and Arbitration. And an ongoing lawsuit that targets the self-regulatory organization鈥檚 authority to expel broker-dealers could eventually erode its powers.
Testimony wrapped up on Wednesday in the formal State Bar of Nevada hearing held to determine whether Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones should forfeit his law license.
Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones told a three-person panel deciding whether to disbar him that he made a 鈥渟tupid mistake鈥 when he wiped his phone clean of text messages related to a lawsuit over a proposed real estate development.
Court actions challenging self-regulatory organizations' constitutionality 鈥 including one targeting the municipal securities market's principal regulator 鈥 could upend the regulatory framework in the U.S., potentially igniting a financial crisis, a law professor said.
Trump administration efforts to use the IRS in its crackdown on undocumented immigrants are giving rise to worry that the government could improperly use tax data to help with deportations.
The family of a man who was found dead inside his room from a fentanyl overdose after a robbery by a sex worker at a Strip resort in 2023 has sued the owners of the hotel.
Immigrant families were encouraged to plan for potential immigration emergencies at a Saturday community event. The event distributed "Know Your Rights" (KYR) cards, assist families in preparing for immigration emergencies, and provide folders for organizing important documents, complete with a checklist of necessary items.
The Reno-based National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges announced William S. Boyd School of Law at the 51吃瓜网万能科大 has become a becomes a member.