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Auto Insurers Slam Nevada Pandemic Lawsuits

Feb 25 2021 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association is responding strongly to new litigation the group says is an attempt to capitalize on the ongoing pandemic by targeting the auto insurance marketplace.Class action...

Nevada Lawsuits Filed Against Auto Insurers over Rates in Pandemic

Feb 25 2021 // Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies this week, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the pandemic by failing to account for a drop in...

Nevada Ski Resort Sued for Negligence After Fatal Avalanche

Feb 24 2021 // The widow and a friend of a man killed in an avalanche at a Lake Tahoe ski resort last year have filed separate lawsuits accusing the resort of negligently rushing to open the slopes in unsafe conditions for a holiday...

NTSB Looking at Nevada Highway Truck Crash That Killed 5

Feb 2 2021 // Federal investigators said they’ll focus on the crash of a box truck that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway in December as they consider recommendations to prevent similar fatalities.The National...

Fire Official Says Arcing Power Lines Caused Big Nevada Brush Fire

Jan 21 2021 // Satellite imagery and surveillance video from a casino roof 5 miles away helped pinpoint arcing power lines in gale force winds as the cause of a November brush fire that destroyed five Reno homes and damaged two dozen...

LP in Nevada Adds Cantlon, Ennis, Garcia, Rossi to Ownership Group

Jan 15 2021 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services LLC has added Andrea Cantlon, Matt Ennis, Dustin Garcia and Jared Rossi to its ownership group.LP Insurance Services currently has 24 member-owners throughout the footprint. Cantlon...

Platinum Specialty Underwriters Acquires IPC in Nevada

Jan 5 2021 // Platinum Specialty Underwriters has acquired International Property & Casualty Insurance Brokers of Nevada Inc. IPC will continue to operate under its established brand name. Terms of the deal weren’t...

Nevada Judge Says Gig Workers Must Get Pandemic Benefits

Dec 8 2020 // A state court judge held the Nevada unemployment office in contempt and gave it until the end of the month to comply with his July court order to resume paying pandemic relief benefits to almost 9,500 out-of-work gig...

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Undocumented Injured Worker Can Get Benefits

Nov 25 2020 // The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that an undocumented worker is entitled to permanent disability.The court ruled on Nov. 23 that an undocumented worker suffering trauma due to a workplace accident is entitled to...

Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Confirmed in Remote Corner of Nevada

Nov 17 2020 // A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck a remote corner of Nevada early Friday, shaking the desert and a nearby town, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake struck at 1:13 a.m. and was centered about 21 miles southeast...

Data of About 200K Nevada University Alumni, Donors May Have Been Stolen

Sep 21 2020 // University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in May, university officials said.The school was told of the breach on July 16 by Blackbaud, a third-party...

Data About 200K Nevada University Alumni, Donors May Have Been Stolen

Sep 14 2020 // University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in May, university officials said.The school was told of the breach on July 16 by Blackbaud, a third-party...

Worker Offered $1M to Sew Malware in Nevada

Aug 28 2020 // A Russian citizen has been arrested and charged with offering an employee of a Nevada company $1 million to sew malware for an attack to harvest company data for ransom, U.S. authorities said.Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27,...

Judge Questions Authority Issue in Lawsuit on Closed Las Vegas Bars

Aug 17 2020 // A Nevada judge has said she wants proof she would have the authority to order the governor to rescind a coronavirus pandemic directive and let Las Vegas-area bars and taverns reopen.“What is the law that says I have...

Nevada Governor Signs Business Liability And Worker Protection Bill

Aug 14 2020 // Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed legislation expanding workplace safety protections for hotel and casino employees and shielding businesses that follow health directives from coronavirus-related...

Tesla Says Hedge Fund Is Behind Ex-Employee’s Lawsuit

Aug 13 2020 // Tesla Inc. says hedge fund Cable Car Capital LLC, which is shorting the company’s stock, is funding a former employee’s allegations that the company smeared him by accusing him of sabotage and stealing...

Nevada Passes COVID-19 Liability and Worker Protection Deal

Aug 7 2020 // Nevada lawmakers voted to shield certain industries from coronavirus-related legal liability and require hotels and casinos to enact worker protection measures after days of complicated negotiations with Gov. Steve...

Nevada Governor Rolling out County-By-County Virus Response

Aug 5 2020 // Nevada will shift this week from broad restrictions in response to the coronavirus to an ongoing, county-by-county review where officials hope to target hot spots and specific businesses where the virus is spreading.Gov....

Nevada Gig Workers Should Get Stopped Benefits, Judge Rules

Jul 22 2020 // A Nevada judge said the state unemployment office has to begin paying pandemic relief benefits to out-of-work gig and independent workers who haven’t completely stopped working and were cut off from receiving...

North Dakota GOP Wants Dem Insurance Commissioner Candidate Off Ballot

Jul 13 2020 // The North Dakota Republican Party is asking the state Supreme Court to remove Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner from the November ballot, alleging she hasn’t lived in the state long enough to run...