In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

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Lower courts have decided the SEC’s power to seek penalties through in-house enforcement proceedings violates the U.S. Constitution. Another case pending against FINRA says it has too much power.

Vegas Inc

Long-term donors to the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV, Tom and Leslie Thomas, pledged a gift to establish a Small Business Initiatives Endowment Fund, named after them, within the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic.

Hill

Major advertisers have been fleeing X, the site formerly known as Twitter, after a series of antisemitic posts from the platform’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Labor made great strides in 2023 with the UAW, Writers Guild, SAG, and local Culinary Union all negotiating historic deals with their industries.

WealthManagement

In the latest filing in its suit against FINRA in federal court, the Utah-based brokerage firm disputed the regulator’s claims that a ruling against it could have a dire impact on investors.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

With the majority of the young men he believes beat and kicked a Rancho High School student to death already behind bars, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has some decisions to make.

Associated Press

Eight Las Vegas high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 years old were arrested on murder charges in the beating death of a schoolmate that was captured on cellphone video and widely share across social media.

Reuters

The U.S. Supreme Court released its first formal code of conduct on Monday, announcing that it was taking action after years of outside pressure by gathering already existing rules in one place in order to “dispel” a “misunderstanding” that the justices don’t abide by any ethics rules.

Conversation

Cars are no longer just a means of transportation. They have become rolling hubs of data communication. Modern vehicles regularly transmit information wirelessly to their manufacturers. However, as cars grow “smarter,” the right to repair them is under siege. As legal scholars, we find that the question of whether you and your local mechanic can tap into your car’s data to diagnose and repair spans issues of property rights, trade secrets, cybersecurity, data privacy and consumer rights.

Las Vegas Weekly

Is Las Vegas going to run out of water? It might feel that way if you’ve been paying any attention to the growing bathtub ring around Lake Mead, the shrinking Colorado River and federal actions to try to keep the river’s main reservoirs in working order.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

The UNLV Immigration Clinic is getting another financial boost. According to Commissioner Tick Segerblom, $500,000 from the marijuana fund was given to the clinic back in 2021. On Tuesday, Clark County commissioners voted to extend that amount through 2024.

Nevada Independent

UNLV’s International Center for Gaming Regulation named Megan Basson as its executive director. The center, which is part of the school’s International Gaming Institute and UNLV’s Boyd School of Law, is dedicated to the study of gaming industry regulatory matters.