UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law announced Wednesday it has hired a new dean.

Leah Chan Grinvald will become the first Asian American dean of UNLV’s law school, the university announced today.

A man accused of threatening Gov. Steve Sisolak and his wife while using racial and anti-government epithets is refusing to apologize for the Sunday encounter at a Las Vegas restaurant.

A man accused of threatening Gov. Steve Sisolak and his wife while using racial and anti-government epithets is refusing to apologize for the Sunday encounter at a Las Vegas restaurant.

The UNLV Immigration Clinic, part of the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law’s Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic, will officially open it’s new off-campus Community Advocacy Office in Downtown Las Vegas on Thursday.

Rachel Anderson won a Medal of Justice in 2012 for her part in creating a legal magazine documenting the history of Black attorneys in Nevada.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. included a section about Reg BI compliance in its annual report on its examination program. The broker-dealer self-regulator& outlined on pages 26-27 its findings from Reg BI exams, most of which involved shortcomings like brokerages not acting in their customers’ best interests and failing to mitigate conflicts of interest.

The Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges with six investment advisory firms and six broker/dealers, alleging they did not deliver their Form Customer Relationship Summaries to clients on time; some also didn’t include information required by the SEC, the regulator said.

In this Wild West, growing Nevada town, a controversial sheriff’s office captain is the public face of authority — often garnering a higher profile than the sheriff, district attorney or county commissioners.

Cesar Silva — who came to the U.S. illegally three decades ago and is the father of nationally-known Nevada-based immigration activist Astrid Silva — is now the subject of a new bill from Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) that would make him eligible for legal permanent resident status, or at least temporarily halt the threat of deportation.

In 1997 Oregon became the first state to pass a law allowing terminally ill individuals to complete suicide with the help of a physician. Only 4 more states followed with their own "Death With Dignity" laws. Have any of the concerns raised in 1997 come to pass? Should this be a human rights issue? Join our discussion with guest David Orentlicher. Dr. Orentlicher is a doctor, lawyer, elected official, UNLV law professor, and medical ethicist, who has studied and published in this very divisive issue.

Crypto businesses are worried about SEC’s recent plans to expand oversight to digital assets, which might currently trade outside its supervision.