Culinary Workers v. Del Papa, 200 F.3d 614 (9th Cir. 1999)
A union in a labor dispute distributed handbills criticizing the management and performance of the Commercial Bank of Nevada. Nevada statutes provide that anyone who makes any statement which is directly or by inference derogatory to the financial condition, or affects the financial standing of a bank is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and may…
International Game Technology, Inc. v. Second Judicial Dist. Court of Nevada, 127 P.3d 1088 (Nev. 2006).
A whistleblower filed a qui tam suit under the Nevada False Claims Act The Attorney General initially declined the case, then intervened and sought dismissal.A Nevada statute stated that the Attorney General could only intervene after initially declining if the interest of the state in recovering the money claimed is not being adequately represented by…
State v. Krolicki, No. C250045 (Dist. Ct., Clark Cty. Nev. May 19, 2009)
The Lieutenant Governor of Nevada was indicted on two counts of misappropriation and falsification of accounts arising from his actions when he was state treasurer. He moved to disqualify the Attorney General’s office from representing the state because several Assistant Attorneys General advised the Treasurer’s office about the program and about contracts that are the…
