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Attorney General Ford Announces Sentencing of Unlicensed Group Homeowner after Death of Vulnerable Person
Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Shawna Virginia Cuff, 41, of Las Vegas, was sentenced on a neglect charge for permitting or allowing a vulnerable person to suffer unjustifiable pain or suffering. -
Attorney General Ford Announces the Indictment of Six Nevadans Who Falsely Represented Themselves as State Electors in 2020
Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that six Nevadans have been indicted due to their actions in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. -
Nevada AG's old law firm can make up to $350 million on his opioid lawsuit; GOP decries 'cronyism'
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s former law firm stands to earn as much as $350 million in fees under a generous contract to handle the state’s opioid lawsuit that also provides for the separate reimbursement of expenses. -
Nevada seeks to stop Energy Department's weapons-grade plutonium shipments
CARSON CITY — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has filed a motion requesting an injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Energy's continued shipping of weapons-grade plutonium into the state, pending an appeal filed with the Ninth Circuit Court. -
Settlement helps Nevada health foundation recover more than $600,000 from Deutsche Bank
CARSON CITY, Nev. — A Nevada health care network has recovered more than $600,000 in restitution stemming from a multistate deceptive trade practices settlement with Deutsche Bank led by Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt. -
NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE: Attorney General Laxalt announces conviction of medicaid provided business ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution
Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced that We Care Behavioral Health Agency, LLC (We Care), based out of Las Vegas, was convicted for Medicaid fraud. -
Appeals court grants Nevada motion to dismiss in Texas' nuclear waste suit
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced June 1 that his motion to dismiss in the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste lawsuit filed by Texas has been granted by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Nevada targets Purdue Pharma for alleged role in opioid epidemic
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced May 15 that his office filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma LP – a pharmaceutical company – and its affiliates for allegations of deceptive marketing and contributing to the opioid epidemic. -
Nevada provides non-taxpayer settlement funds to veterans home expansion
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced April 11 that he applauds the unanimous,bipartisan decision by the state’s interim finance committee to approve using non-taxpayer settlement funds to assist in the expansion of Reno Veterans Guest House, which provides temporary lodging to Nevada veterans and their families. -
Nevada attorney general leads 10-state coalition defending state rights in regulating groundwater
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced Aug. 10 that he is leading a 10-state coalition of attorneys general in a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending state rights in regulating groundwater. -
Nevada announces $1.2 million in funding for new UNR Med OB/GYN department
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced July 17 that $1.2 million has been allocated to the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) for a new OB/GYN department based in Reno with UNR Med community and hospital partners. -
Nevada files brief on behalf of 21 states opposing Labor Department overtime rule appeal
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced Jan. 17 that he will oppose the Department of Labor’s appeal after its new overtime rule received a preliminary injunction. -
Nevada attorney general intervenes in lawsuit involving possible endangered grouse
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced Nov. 4 his intent to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of Nevada over conservation efforts of the Bi-State sage-grouse, a species of sage-grouse living along the Nevada-California border. -
Nevada Attorney General leads 21-state coalition against DoL's new overtime rule
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) – Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced this week the filing of a motion for preliminary injunction and request for expedited consideration on behalf of 21 coalition states in Nevada’s federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule. -
Nevada, AIG subsidiary reach agreement after insurance dispute
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced this week that his office has settled with the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ICSOP), a subsidiary of AIG. -
Nev. AG reaches $9.5M settlement with Pfizer for misleading sales practices
Pfizer Inc., has agreed to a $9.5 million settlement with Nevada over allegations that the company withheld safety information about its postmenopausal hormone therapy medications, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced on Monday.