In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Salon

When asked during a recent debate whether members of Congress should trade stocks, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., attempted to dodge a real policy issue by claiming that the American dream was at stake in the election. She's not entirely wrong. Many Americans dream of an open and honest government setting fair rules for free markets. Today, active trading by senators undermines confidence in government and markets.

El Tiempo

Two major programs that benefit thousands of migrants in the United States have received favorable resolutions in recent days. For the next few months, DACA and TPS will continue to provide the opportunity for many Hispanics to remain in the country legally, and at the same time, hope that there may soon be a permanent solution.

University of Toledo

The University of Toledo College of Law Professor Nicole Buonocore Porter co-edited a volume in the “Feminist Judgments” series, which rewrites federal court opinions from a feminist perspective.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Dominique Bosa-Edwards had seven years of courtroom experience under her belt when she graduated this month from UNLV’s Boyd Law School.

Nevada Independent

Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s office announced Friday evening that it has “yet to see any evidence of wide-spread fraud” in the state’s 2020 election, an indirect rebuke of unsupported claims of mass voter fraud made by President Donald Trump and Nevada Republicans.

Salon

On Oct. 9, billionaire Ken Griffin, the head of a multinational financial services company, gave $2 million to a super PAC called Georgia United Victory (GUV), which had originally been launched by allies of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp but at the time exclusively supported Sen. Kelly Loeffler's election campaign.

Las Vegas Review Journal

It took months of research, development, clinical trials, and manufacturing and logistic challenges. But the next hurdle in containing COVID-19’s spread will be convincing a large swath of the U.S. population to get vaccinated.

Vegas Inc

The Commercial Alliance Las Vegas announced its newly elected officers and directors for 2021, with Petra Latch becoming president of the commercial real estate organization starting January 1. Latch, a member of the Appraisal Institute, is executive director of valuation and advisory at Cushman & Wakefield. Other newly elected board members include: president-elect Angelina Scarcelli, CCIM, CPM, senior portfolio manager of Colliers International in Las Vegas; treasurer Bridget Atterbom, CNE, a commercial broker at Keller Williams Commercial; director Wes Drown, CCIM, of Re/Max Advantage in Henderson; and director Andrew Levy, CCIM, ARM, of ERA Brokers Consolidated.

CalvinAyre.com

As November started to draw to a close, there was a small glimmer of hope that capacity restrictions at state casinos would be lifted. However, the exact opposite happened and properties were ordered to limit their traffic flows to just 25% of their normal capacity. If there was hope of December bringing a little holiday spirit to the gambling scene in the state, that has now been dashed by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak. The 25% capacity is going to remain in place until the middle of January.

Casino.Org

Nevada’s current 25 percent occupancy limit on gaming floors, bars, and restaurants will remain in place until Jan. 15, 2021, Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) announced on Sunday.

Casino.org

Three alleged extremists accused of planning to attend a Las Vegas Strip Black Lives Matter (BLM)-organized protest armed with Molotov cocktails have federal and state cases heading to trial.

Commonweal

Among the things Donald Trump’s presidency will be remembered for is the cruelty of its policies and actions on immigration.