Though it is the majority opinion of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that creates precedent, the dissent, if done correctly, can still potentially have influence on lower court decisions in similar cases. Also, what is not said can often lead to even more legal headaches down the road.

A federal appeals court will not reconsider its decision to overturn the decade-old tip-pooling program at Wynn Resorts’ Las Vegas properties.

It has been a while since Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta tried to choke each other into submission. The brothers took private jujitsu lessons in the early 2000s, and at the end of each they were given the chance to try new moves in a dojo in Las Vegas. But you reach a certain age (Frank is now 54, Lorenzo is 47) and turn up in Forbes (which estimates each brother is worth $1.6 billion), and brawling starts to seem like a bad idea.

President Obama has nominated the Chief Judge of the DC Court of Appeals, 63-year-old Merrick Garland, to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the US Supreme Court. And almost immediately, Senate Republicans, who control the chamber, said Wednesday they will refuse to hold hearings.

Upon the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Senate Republican leadership preemptively announced that they will not meet with or hold a hearing on any Supreme Court nominee until the next president is inaugurated.

Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel is the subject of a recent federal complaint alleging that the hotel broke the law by promising job opportunities to workers who ditched their support of a union organizing campaign.

The decade-old tip pooling program at Wynn Resorts’ Strip properties is alive and well.

President Obama reported consideration of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, as a possible Supreme Court nominee has come to an end: Sandoval doesn’t want the job. But, even after it’s been popped, the Sandoval trial balloon merits an autopsy: It was a horrible idea and should not be repeated in any form.