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Stevens to address new attorneys at annual CCBA Admittees & Judges Mixer

Freshly minted attorneys are in for a supreme treat the Nevada Supreme Court justices in a swearing-in ceremony admit them to the Nevada State Bar next month. U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will address...

How to avoid foreclosure, scam artists

By DOUG McMURDO, Las Vegas Legal News -- Sometimes, they are from the government and they are here to help. And they do. The Supreme Court’s Foreclosure Mediation Program established by lawmakers in 2009 in an...

Lowering the Bar blogger pokes fun of us NeVad(as in Glad)Ins

By DOUG McMURDO -- When the Nevada Legislature meets in January those 21 senators and 42 assemblymembers will be under more stress than any Legislature before. Ever. In the history of the state. One hundred...

Juror in Goodyear case comments on amicus brief story

Today Nick Christensen is a web editor and reporter for the Hillsboro Argus in Oregon, but in 2007 he was a juror in Behana v. Goodyear, in which then District Judge Sally Loehrer sanctioned Goodyear...

Story about expired insulin at Nevada prison raises questions

An adroit reader who asked to remain anonymous brought up some intriguing points regarding a story involving Edward Halverson, the Nevada inmate who filed a federal civil rights claim against the prison for, among other...

Nevada Bar Exams under way in Las Vegas, Reno

LAS VEGAS LEGAL NEWS -- The second and final Nevada Bar Exam of the year got under way today in Las Vegas. Widely considered one of the toughest exams in the nation, the three-day test begins...