In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

The Independent

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sparked outrage by referring to the five victims of a deadly mass shooting as “illegal immigrants”.

Nutraceuticals World

What role can dietary supplements play in supporting the health of vulnerable populations?

New York Post

Elon Musk’s decision to move Twitter’s corporate headquarters from Delaware to Nevada could add fuel to a growing trend: companies ditching the First State for the Silver State to seek a friendlier jurisdiction from investor lawsuits and cheaper fees.

KSNV-TV: News 3

A recent documentary produced by UNLV College of Fine Arts highlighted the neighborhood’s issues and was used in testimony on Thursday. 

KNPR News

“Dreamers” are undocumented migrants who were brought into America as children. Eleven years ago, President Barack Obama enacted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which gives temporary lawful status to those migrants and keeps them from being deported. Under DACA, they can also get jobs, drivers licenses, and attend college.

Reuters

Shareholder lawyers are hoping that the Delaware Chancery Court is so concerned about encroachment on its turf that it will block TripAdvisor Inc (TRIP.O) and its parent corporation from transferring their incorporation from Delaware to Nevada.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

It’s an issue that the neighborhood has been dealing with for decades: the sinking streets of Windsor Park in North Las Vegas. On Saturday, residents of about 90 families who live in the Windsor Park neighborhood attended a screening of a documentary followed by a community discussion. “Windsor Park: The Sinking Streets” is an award-winning documentary by UNLV film and law students bringing attention to the decades-long struggles of a community in North Las Vegas.

Retail Dive

The struggling home goods retailer has been pulling all kinds of levers, leaving many to wonder why it hasn’t sought Chapter 11 protection by now.

Nevada Current

State Sen. Dina Neal says she’ll ask the state to appropriate $10 million and the City of North Las Vegas for $20 million more to relocate any of 90 or so remaining residents of Windsor Park, a neighborhood of sinking homes that residents say has been forgotten by the City of North Las Vegas.

North Dallas Gazette

When two friends of Frank Rudy Cooper were stopped by officers for questioning but had nothing in common with the suspects but their race and gender, Cooper, now a UNLV Boyd School of Law professor and expert on race and policing, became interested in why the police tend to stop young Black males more than other subgroups. Cooper, along with Boyd School of Law colleagues Stewart Chang and Addie Rolnick, heads UNLV’s Program on Race, Gender, and Policing, which publishes research and brings together international scholars and works nationwide with law enforcement regarding excessive force, racial bias, sexual assaults by police officers, and policy reforms.

Wall Street Journal

Twitter Inc. has told the courts that it has a new company name in a new state: X Corp., an entity incorporated in Nevada instead of Twitter’s previous domicile in Delaware.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

For people hoping to make America home, the process can be complicated and costly. That’s why UNLV’s Immigration Clinic offers free services to people navigating the process and pro-bono representation for those fighting deportation cases.