Simons Hall Johnston (SHJ) has joined the Employment Law Alliance (ELA)
Simons Hall Johnston (SHJ) has joined the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), a global legal network with substantial expertise working with multi-jurisdictional companies on cross-border human resources matters. ELA’s goal is to ensure worldwide labor and employment law compliance, and as a result of SHJ’s membership in ELA, SHJ is able to connect its clients with […]
Simons Hall Johnston Wins Historic $510 Million Jury Verdict for Saint Mary’s Health Network in Landmark Northern Nevada Trial
Simons Hall Johnston congratulates partners Mark G. Simons and Duncan G. Burke for their advocacy as co-counsel with a Bird Marella trial team led by partners Ekwan Rhow and Julia Cherlow, of-counsel Kate Shin, and associates Heejin Hwang and Sophie Kosmacher. The trial team secured a jury verdict awarding over $510 million in damages to […]
Federal court hands Waste Management win in latest round of Reno, Nevada franchise fight
Published by WasteDive A new unpublished opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is being touted as a victory by Waste Management and Reno, Nevada, in an ongoing legal fight involving a group of local competitors. The May 18 ruling affirmed a lower court’s 2019 decision that the company’s exclusive municipal franchise contract, and the […]
Lyon County judge overturns Nevada’s ghost gun law
YERINGTON, Nev. (KOLO) – A 3rd Judicial District Court Judge has struck down Nevada’s so-called “ghost gun” law as unconstitutionally vague. AB 286, sponsored by Assemblymember Sandra Jauregui, D-Clark County, outlawed the possession, purchase, transport, or receipt of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver. Judge John Schlegelmilch has not issued his formal written order yet, […]