James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of Pisanelli Bice PLLC, announced that five lawyers from the firm have been recognized on the 2015 list of Mountain States Super Lawyers, a renowned ranking of outstanding attorneys across the region.
Pisanelli and Bice were both among the select attorneys honored on this year’s list of top 100 lawyers in the Mountain States Super Lawyers. Pisanelli and Bice, as well as Managing Partner Debra L. Spinelli and attorney Jarrod L. Rickard, were also each recognized on the 2015 Mountain States Super Lawyers list of attorneys from more than 70 practice areas.
In addition to the aforementioned litigators, Pisanelli Bice attorney Jordan T. Smith was named in the Mountain States Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” category. Smith was recognized as a rising star for the third consecutive year.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson found himself answering questions in a Las Vegas courtroom on Tuesday about what he knew about a plot to behead employees in Macau and if Chinese government promises were broken as Las Vegas Sands Corp. developed properties on the lucrative Cotai Strip.
The billionaire chairman of Sands and Venetian resorts in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore testified at proceedings that mostly focused on jurisdiction for the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by ousted Sands China Ltd. chief Steven Jacobs.
With reporters and Nevada gambling regulators taking notes, Adelson, the top Republican party donor in the U.S., found himself characterizing a dispute with China about obtaining permits for an apartment high-rise in Macau.
“I want to rephrase. It was a misunderstanding,” Adelson responded when Jacobs’ attorney, James Pisanelli, asked him to describe an earlier comment about broken commitments by government officials about strata-title.
“We thought it was condos. They thought, I’m not sure, that it was apartments rented out like hotels,” Adelson said.
Minutes later, Adelson asked Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez to block as inappropriate a Pisanelli question about dealings with Hong Kong businessman Cheung Chi-tai.
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Sands China Ltd. has cheated its former president and CEO out of his day in court “long enough,” the man’s attorney argued Thursday.
Attorney Todd Bice urged Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez to find that she has jurisdiction over the company in a wrongful termination case filed by the former executive, Steven Jacobs.
“It’s hard to believe that we are talking about jurisdiction in a case that is approaching the five-year mark, but we are,” Bice said.
The case was filed by Jacobs, former president and CEO of Sands China, shortly after he was fired in 2010. It has made several trips to the Nevada Supreme Court over the years, and Gonzalez has said she also expects an appeal of her decision on the jurisdiction issue.
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The American billionaire also said Steve Jacobs “squealed like a pig to the government” and accused his former employee of making up stories.
Sheldon Adelson denied Las Vegas Sands officials played any role in firing Steve Jacobs from his position as Sands China CEO in July 2010. The Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands (LVS) was heard for the third time on Monday regarding the case of the company opposing Steve Jacobs. The latter says he was wrongfully fired in 2010.
“Never heard the phrase”, Mr. Adelson said after being questioned by Jacob’s lawyer, James Pisanelli, about any knowledge of an “exorcism strategy” to fire his client. “Las Vegas Sands had nothing do with his termination”, he added, according to Associated Press.
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Billionaire and casino owner Sheldon Adelson testified in court on Friday, as former CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp. subsidiary Sands China had accused the gambling operator of being involved in illegal activities.
Steven Jacobs, former CEO of Sands China, claimed that he was wrongfully fired back in 2010, due to the fact that he objected to payments to a high-standing Macau official, as those might have been considered violation of the US anti-bribery laws.
Furthermore, the former executive suggested that Mr. Adelson’s company was related to the triads, one of the many branches of Chinese organized crime.
The owner of Las Vegas Sands said on Friday that Mr. Jacobs’ claims were groundless and accused him of tarnishing the reputation of the gambling company by placing wrongful accusations in media.
It seems, however, that Mr. Adelson was not willing to reveal more information about the activities of the casino operator, as he gave evasive answers to James Pisanelli, the lawyer who represented Mr. Jacobs in court. At some point, the casino mogul was even warned by Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez that he could not argue with her, after he did not acknowledge the ownership of a certain email, which was presumably signed by him.
