All posts tagged "Adam Laxalt"

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt issued the following statement after a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit issued an order staying the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new “Waters of the United States” rule nationwide. This is the...

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Today, as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced a grant opportunity for Nevada programs aimed at preventing violence against women. “According to the Violence Policy Center, Nevada currently ranks fifth in the United States for homicide rates among...

(Office of the Attorney General) – Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced that Norma Olga Benavidez, 60,...

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Today, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt issued the following statement on a U.S. District Court’s preliminary injunction preventing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new “Waters of the United States” rule from taking effect: “Today’s preliminary injunction, as requested by Nevada and other states,...

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced the filing of a friend of the court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell. The brief urges the court to protect Little Sisters of the Poor, a religious nonprofit organization,...

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Today, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt, along with the attorneys general of 48 other states and the District of Columbia announced a $71 million settlement with Amgen Inc., a pharmaceutical company. The agreement resolved allegations that the company unlawfully promoted the drugs Aranesp and...

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced the appointment of Roland Swanson, II, as the chief of investigations for the Nevada Attorney General’s Office. Chief Swanson will lead full-time sworn peach officers tasked with investigating public integrity, child exploitation, human trafficking, Medicaid fraud...

(Office of the Attorney General) – LAS VEGAS – Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt and five other state attorneys general sent a letter to the chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) opposing the agency’s redefinition of the decades-old legal standard for joint-employer status. The NLRB’s new proposed standard would replace the existing...

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(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – On Friday, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to meet a statutory mandated deadline. The EPA failed to approve, partially approve or deny the interstate transport portion of Nevada’s State Implementation Plan...

(Office of the General Attorney) – LAS VEGAS – July 31, 2015, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced that Mario Lamont Jones II, 25, of Las Vegas, was sentenced for one count of sex trafficking, a category “B” felony in violation of NRS 201.300. The incidents occurred between March 22, 2014 and March 29,...

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Today, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers requesting voluntary delay of their new “Waters of the United States” rule without court intervention. Currently, the rule is scheduled to go into effect...

(Office of the Attorney General) – CARSON CITY – Today, Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced the reorganization of his office approved in the 2015 legislative session, as well as the promotion of three division chiefs. The reorganization saves taxpayer money, and creates new executive management level positions designed to increase efficiency in...