In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Nevada Current

The IRS announced eligibility requirements for the free, direct filing system that Nevada and 12 other states are piloting during the 2024 tax season, helping an estimated 20 million people. But it won’t be fully functioning until mid-March, after many who qualify have already filed.

Nevada Current

Biden chasing Trump’s goals, says immigration advocate

KNPR News

A University of Nevada Las Vegas conference aims to discuss "lessons learned" from U.S. states and other countries that allow medical aid in dying.

Nevada Current

Gov. Joe Lombardo, a long-time law enforcement official and former Southern Nevada sheriff, is one of several Republican governors who have sided with Texas’s defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows federal law enforcement to tear down razor wire barriers that have “increased safety risk” to border agents and migrants alike.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

A traffic safety advocate calls for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police to crack down on illegal crossings and “jaywalking” as pedestrian deaths continue to rise, while the Sheriff argues jaywalking citations are ineffective and enforcement is problematic.

MarketWatch

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk’s push to reincorporate the electric-vehicle maker in Texas after a legal defeat in Delaware may have broader implications for the company.

Summarily - A Podcast for Busy Lawyers

Professor Joe Regalia recently joined Robert to discuss how law firms can use generative AI to create and maximize efficiency and what law firms should do to prepare for the future with generative AI.

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

The award honors a legal educator who has provided support, encouragement, and mentoring to colleagues, students, and aspiring educators, and has achieved excellence in the areas of public service, teaching, and scholarship.

Bloomberg

Opponents of newly proposed US Labor Department retirement advice standards are pushing state insurance regulators to fill in policy gaps of their own to boost their case for more lenient federal-level conduct requirements.

Virginia Lawyers Weekly

In the modern era, technological advancement knows no bounds. Every sector, from healthcare to finance, is experiencing a rapid transformation, and legal education is no exception. Artificial intelligence, especially its subdomain, generative AI, or GAI, is heralded as a game-changer. But with great potential comes an even greater responsibility: to balance innovation with integrity.

Bloomberg

The FTX and Silicon Valley Bank collapses show Sullivan & Cromwell's investments in its restructuring practice are paying enormous dividends for the law firm.

Las Vegas Weekly

Walking out onto the pedestrian bridge that connects the Cosmopolitan with the Shops at Crystals, the sound of Felicia Zaharoff’s violin soars above the crowds of tourists, conventioneers and the din of traffic below.