Mr. Backus was recently selected to appear in Corporate Counsel's 2012 Top Rated Lawyers Guide to Healthcare Law. He will be featured on corpcounsel.com...
Gene Backus conducted an national telephonic seminar with West Education Law Center and National Business Institute on January 12, 2012. The program was a 1 1/2 hour presentation titled Winning the Case at Summary...
The “Voice of the Defense Bar,” an online publication of DRI -- the international membership organization of lawyers involved in the defense of civil litigation – published news of one of our recent victories in...
Tough economic climates often bring with them opportunities for companies to acquire competitors that can benefit their organization. More often than not, the competitors have restrictive covenants with their...
In the case of Martin Rodriguez v. The Primadonna Company, LLC, 125 Nev., Advance Opinion 45 the Nevada Supreme Court recently affirmed the Eighth Judicial District Court’s summary judgment in favor of...
Equitable Indemnity and contribution are two common causes of action available to a defendant seeking recovery against a co-defendant/third-party defendant which owed no duty to defendant or with which no privity of...
Nevada Supreme Court Rejects Liability For Pharmacies to Third Parties Injured by Patients Under Influence of Prescription Drugs
Nevada has long been a jurisdiction that does not recognize “dram-shop liability.” As...
Business Formation Concerns: The Problem of the Applicability to Limited Liability Companies of the “Alter Ego” and “Piercing the Corporate Veil” Doctrines
One of the more popular business entity forms in Nevada...
Even in the absence of coverage, an insured can bring a claim for breach of Nevada’s Unfair Claims Practices Act against an insurer
In an effort to ensure fair dealings with insureds by their insurers, in 1975 the...
In Gross v. FBL Financial Services, 129 S.Ct. 2343 (June 18, 2009), the plaintiff sued his employer claiming that his demotion was in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”) which...
When Does a Contractor Make a Cumulative Impact Claim?
When you are on a job that has way too many change orders, a significant number of change orders that you really never anticipated would arise, you might be...
The Nevada Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of NRS 38.259(2) which required the admission into evidence of the arbitrator’s findings entered at the conclusion of a mandatory nonbinding arbitration...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld as constitutional the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, 31 U.S.C. § 5361 et seq. in Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, Inc. v....
Does the Failure to Provide Notice to a General Contractor Bar Recovery Against a Surety? The Nevada Supreme Court in Hartford Fire v. Trustees of Constr. Indus., 125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 16 (May 28, 2009) recently...
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