In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
Washoe District Court recently uncovered 21 cases involving now-former Judge Bridget Robb and the Reno law firm linked to an attorney with whom she reportedly had an undisclosed sexual relationship. This opens the door for those cases to be reconsidered. All were civil-related business cases.
Nevada has not seen the barrage of armed federal officers carrying out immigration enforcement that other cities have seen, but immigration arrests in the state increased drastically last year, with at least 2,155 detained in the first 10 months of President Donald Trump鈥檚 second term.
Mountain West law-enforcement agreements with ICE rose five-fold in 2025
The 2nd Judicial District Court in Washoe County is investigating potential undisclosed conflicts of interest involving a longtime judge accused of stalking a Reno attorney.
Danielle Finn, Director of Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program at the 性视界传媒 William S. Boyd School of Law, said that prediction markets are an existential threat to tribal gaming in particular.
鈥淭ribal gaming is not merely just about profit,鈥 Finn said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 also an expression of sovereignty and nation building and self-determination. Right now, we are facing a tangible threat from prediction market companies. They are changing the rules on gaming in both the United States and around the world very quickly.
The 性视界传媒 William S. Boyd School of Law and the Tribal Leadership Council will offer an Executive Certificate in Tribal Sovereignty and Economic Leadership Program targeting professionals in tribal governance and business strategy.
Protests across the Las Vegas Valley erupted after 37-year old Alex Pretti, a legal observer and an intensive care unit nurse in Minnesota, was shot and killed during an altercation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the weekend. But Southern Nevada municipalities have been quiet on the subject, and their elected leaders have been more restrained in their criticism than some of their counterparts elsewhere in the country. Many agencies in Clark County have working relationships with ICE, ranging from informal collaborations at jails to financial contracts to hold detainees. With 1 in 5 foreign born residents, the county is one of the most diverse in the United States but has not had the kind of public, large-scale ICE deployment seen in Minneapolis or Los Angeles.
Rising temperatures, diminished rainfall and steadily increasing usage have taken a serious toll on the Colorado River and the water it contains. Some question whether the Las Vegas Valley will have enough water to last into the future.
As immigration enforcement efforts continue across the country and in Southern Nevada, fear and uncertainty are spreading through the undocumented community, affecting daily life far beyond detention facilities.
All state laws have protections meant to ensure patients aren鈥檛 forced into dying. New York鈥檚 legislation 鈭 which requires mandatory waiting periods, added mental health evaluations and limits to prevent family or others from receiving financial benefits from a person's death 鈭 is more strict than most.
Bovino鈥檚 departure from Minnesota comes as the White House on Monday announced that border czar Tom Homan is being sent to the state as the Trump administration鈥檚 new point person for immigration enforcement operations.
Washoe District Court is investigating past cases involving Judge Bridget Robb and the McDonald Carano law firm after details came out in an alleged stalking case.