Where the Bodies are Buried: How Major Casino Construction Changed Nevada’s Construction Laws

Summary: The Venetian Resort, Aladdin Resort & Casino, Resort at Summerlin, CityCenter Resort, Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Fro visitors to Las Vegas, names such as these bring thoughts of bright lights and good times. But for Nevada’s construction lawyers, they bring up thoughts of legal wrangling, bizarre fact patterns and knee jerk reactions from industry and legislature. In the last 15 years, major construction disputes over these and other projects have changed the law on Nevada construction significantly. Veteran Las Vegas construction lawyer Leon F. Mead, II of Snell & Wilmer, LLP will provide us with an eyewitness account of these problems and the legislative reactions that make Nevada on of the quirkiest jurisdictions in which to navigate construction law.