In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Reuters

During the pandemic, how can law schools keep classes productive and engaging with the shift to online learning?

Las Vegas Review Journal

Sahara Las Vegas is the first Strip — and Southern Nevada — property to receive a regulatory complaint related to coronavirus safety protocols.

Nevada Independent

The months-long, multiracial protests against police violence and for racial equality are a demand for change, and states such as Colorado are listening. The Legislature is at risk of not heeding the call. The proposed police reform bill for the current special session does not do half of what Colorado did. If Nevada is serious about meaningful change, our Legislature must deliver police reform at least as strong as Colorado’s.

Nevada Independent

The months-long, multiracial protests against police violence and for racial equality are a demand for change, and states such as Colorado are listening. The Legislature is at risk of not heeding the call. The proposed police reform bill for the current special session does not do half of what Colorado did. If Nevada is serious about meaningful change, our Legislature must deliver police reform at least as strong as Colorado’s.

Nevada Independent

The months-long, multiracial protests against police violence and for racial equality are a demand for change, and states such as Colorado are listening. The Legislature is at risk of not heeding the call. The proposed police reform bill for the current special session does not do half of what Colorado did. If Nevada is serious about meaningful change, our Legislature must deliver police reform at least as strong as Colorado’s.

Yahoo!

Presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to eliminate the 1031 exchange, a tax provision popular with hotel owners looking to trade up properties and defer or avoid capital gains taxes incurred along the way.

Skift

Presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to eliminate the 1031 exchange, a tax provision popular with hotel owners looking to trade up properties and defer or avoid capital gains taxes incurred along the way.

Times Union

When I received the email from my editor that Michael Kagan, a graduate of the Bethlehem school district, had published his first book, I immediately wrote back that I wanted to interview him. I was Mike’s seventh-grade English teacher back in the late 1980s, and I remembered him fondly.

Nevada Independent

Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chad F. Wolf announced Tuesday that the agency will reject all first-time requests for DACA while the agency works to fully reconsider the program.

Casino.org

Ogonna Brown — a partner at the Las Vegas office of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie — was recently named the fifth member of the Nevada Gaming Commission, filling a previously vacant seat. Veteran commission member John T. Moran Jr. also was named commission chairman by Gov. Steve Sisolak (D), following several months as acting chairman.

Harvard Law School

As someone who studies professional fees in large chapter 11 cases, I’ve thought a lot about how quickly those professional fees can escalate. Successful chapter 11 bankruptcies are expensive, though, in almost all cases, the end result—a successful reorganization—is a good result. But can the fees be controlled effectively?

Law and Crime

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it will renew its efforts to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy by directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cease accepting any new applications and curtailing renewals for the program.