Michele Fiore, the disgraced politician once convicted of scheming to capitalize on a community tragedy and now pardoned by the President of the United States, could face state charges for fraud or election finance crimes, according to a legal expert interviewed by the 8 News Now Investigators.

When state lawmakers talk about enticing businesses to Nevada, they are typically referring to businesses relocating or expanding operations within the state, creating new jobs, perhaps in new professions, for residents, and generating new revenue through tax collection. But one state lawmaker believes there exists another untapped market: corporate litigation.

Legislation pushed through Delaware's General Assembly last week has called into question dozens of corporate law precedents.

When a top Nevada official promoted the state as a home for corporate filings last year, he cited a few firms that wanted in.

\A volunteer hearing panel opted to spare Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones’ law license, rejecting the state bar counsel’s urge to disbar Jones for deleting text messages related to a controversial real estate development project near Red Rock Canyon. Moreover, it rejected outright the state bar’s claim that Jones bribed then-county-commissioner and eventual Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied broker/dealer Alpine Securities’ attempt to immediately stop FINRA's pursuit to expel it from the industry.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has faced criticism from the securities industry it regulates ever since it was formed in 2007 by the merging of NASD and NYSE Regulation, Enforcement, and Arbitration. And an ongoing lawsuit that targets the self-regulatory organization’s authority to expel broker-dealers could eventually erode its powers.

Court actions challenging self-regulatory organizations' constitutionality – including one targeting the municipal securities market's principal regulator – could upend the regulatory framework in the U.S., potentially igniting a financial crisis, a law professor said.