In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
Local leaders are shedding light on something many might not think about, bail reform.
Steve Wynn got it on both coasts today.
Steve Wynn got it on both coasts today.
The U.S. is the only country in the world that sentences people to die in prison for offenses committed while under the age of 18.
Illegal pot producers and sellers have found a champion in U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: If Sessions gets his way, he could be refueling their business and refilling their bank accounts.
Las Vegas’s NHL expansion team might be at the head of the conference pack, but the rights to its name are in dispute once again.
A Chinese-exclusion case from the 1880s set a precedent that haunts the legal fight over Trump’s travel ban.
What do horror icon Michael Myers, Marvel superhero Blade, Batman ally Nightwing, post-apocalyptic antihero Snake Plissken and alien Ferengi Quark have in common? They’re all stars of local Las Vegas productions, part of the burgeoning subculture of fan films, amateur movies and web series featuring big-name pop-culture characters, produced without the permission (or, often, knowledge) of the corporate ownership.
What do horror icon Michael Myers, Marvel superhero Blade, Batman ally Nightwing, post-apocalyptic antihero Snake Plissken and alien Ferengi Quark have in common? They’re all stars of local Las Vegas productions, part of the burgeoning subculture of fan films, amateur movies and web series featuring big-name pop-culture characters, produced without the permission (or, often, knowledge) of the corporate ownership.
Congress and the White House spent much of this week trying to fix the problem President Donald Trump created in September when he abruptly canceled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that provides renewable two-year deportation protections and work permits to undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as youths.
Progressive groups cried foul when a federal judge released Cliven Bundy last week, but others say justice was served - even if the debate continues over federal control of public lands.
A federal judge in California last week ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program – or DACA – must continue despite President Donald Trump’s vow to stop the program unless Congress can agree to legislation by March 5.