Four attorneys from the Las Vegas boutique litigation firm Pisanelli Bice PLLC have been named to the prestigious Mountain States Super Lawyers lists, the firm’s founding partners announced today. Firm founders James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice and Managing Partner Debra L. Spinelli were selected to Super Lawyers’ “Top” lists, which recognize outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas.

The Las Vegas Sands Corp. Tuesday settled a six-year-long lawsuit filed by a former top executive of its Macau operations. A confidential settlement was reached between Sands and Steven Jacobs, who headed the company’s China operations until being ousted in 2010. The company’s China operation disclosed the settlement in a filing with the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

Sheldon Adelson ended his six-year legal fight with the former head of his Macau casinos whose allegations of “outrageous and illegal” demands by the billionaire Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman prompted a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation. A confidential settlement was reached between Steven Jacobs and the company, according to a June 1 statement 

The document is heavily redacted, but the message is clear. Elaine Wynn is trying to raise the stakes in her battle with ex-husband Steve Wynn over control of her share of Wynn Resorts Ltd. Attorneys for Elaine Wynn late Monday filed a redacted version of her motion for approval to file a fifth amended counterclaim 

This motion was filed Monday in Clark County District Court by attorneys representing Steven C. Jacobs, a party in a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Las Vegas Sands Corp., Sands China Ltd. and Sheldon G. Adelson. A hearing on the motion is set for Feb. 18, and the case is scheduled to go to trial