In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
Activist group Black Lives Matter plans to hold a protest Friday afternoon on the Las Vegas Strip in connection with this week’s death of George Floyd.
Activist group Black Lives Matter plans to hold a protest Friday afternoon on the Las Vegas Strip in connection with this week’s death of George Floyd. The unarmed, handcuffed black man was in police custody in Minneapolis when he died. Monday’s death has sparked both violent and peaceful protests nationwide.
Las Vegas gaming properties will begin to resume operations within a week after casinos promised in reopening plans to enact safeguards against possible spread of coronavirus. But what will happen if venues fail to carry out the state’s required or suggested precautions?
Many players are waiting in lines for up to an hour or more to get the chance to gamble at gaming properties after months of shuttering. Some queues number in the hundreds and are made worse by reduced capacity in properties, which are part of the effort to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission.
Back in March, Congress passed a historic $2 trillion stimulus bill that reached millions of Americans. You may have received a check in the mail or a boost in unemployment insurance. But researchers and economists are saying the money Congress spent so far may not be enough. We’ll break down what still needs work, and what experts say Congress should prioritize.
Upscale restaurants at casinos are among the eateries that could benefit under President Donald Trump’s proposal to increase deductions for meals and entertainment on corporate taxes, according to several experts on gambling trends.
I listened, live, Monday to the Supreme Court’s oral argument in the combined cases of Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, two cases in which Catholic schools appealed the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that the late Kristen Biel and Agnes Morrissey-Berru were teachers, not ministers. Because the two women were teachers, not ministers, their lawsuits for being fired for disability discrimination for breast cancer and age discrimination, respectively, could proceed.
The US tax system punishes people based on where they are from (unauthorized immigrants) and where they go (Americans Abroad).
The Venetian Las Vegas resort now plans to reopen next month with proper care to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Las Vegas Sands property has not yet found a specific date on which to resume operations. "Although a day for reopening has not been set, we are working hard to be as prepared as possible for the day when we will receive our guests," says the company in a recent statement.
The word “bankruptcy” comes with dark undertones: J.Crew announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, for example, and was immediately the subject of instantaneous eulogies, ours included.
The coronavirus pandemic has certainly been unprecedented in many ways—socially, economically, and legally. Tony Cabot is one of the deans of the gaming law field, having been active through many various developments in the discipline down through the years. Now, as a distinguished fellow of gaming law at the Boyd Law School at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Cabot is thinking about how the casinos will reopen, what are and should the stipulations be, what is the role of the regulator, and what will be the long term legal impact of the pandemic.
The shuttered Venetian Las Vegas resort is now planning to open sometime next month with appropriate safeguards to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Las Vegas Sands Corp. property has yet to identify a specific date when it will resume operations.