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Amazon invokes legal shield, seeks halt to lawsuit accusing profits from casino apps

Amazon.com has invoked a U.S. law shielding internet platforms from liabilities related to third-party content to counter a new consumer lawsuit alleging the company's profiting from illicit casino-style apps. In a filing on Thursday, Amazon urged a federal judge in Seattle to halt the consumers' case pending an appeals court decision on similar…

Law ・ 10 January 2024

Vegas Inc

Parent of Las Vegas Strip casino to settle sexual harassment claim

This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 | 5:31 p.m. A parent company of a Las Vegas Strip casino and nine unnamed women are settling a lawsuit alleging the company failed to investigate allegations that female employees were sexually harassed by the company's…

Law ・ 08 September 2023

Brand Equity

Online Gaming: Apple, Meta, Google argue they're not 'bookies' in casino app appeal, ET BrandEquity

The platforms are appealing a 2022 ruling from U.S. District Judge Edward Davila of San Jose, California, that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which immunizes online publishers for hosting third-party content, does not shield the sites from claims that they essentially acted as "bookies" by facilitating (and collecting a commission…

Mobile ・ 29 July 2023

Review Journal

Wynn lawsuit focused on tip-sharing by slot machine attendant

A Clark County woman filed a lawsuit against Wynn Resorts Ltd. saying the company violated labor laws by pooling tips paid to slot machine attendants and sharing the money with their supervisors. Attorneys for Sheila Little allege that management at Wynn Las Vegas violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by forcing her and her peers to share a portion…

Law ・ 27 April 2023

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In casino app cases against Apple, Google and Meta, judge queries 9th Circ. on immunity issue

Mobile ・ 07 September 2022

Reuters

California can’t impose ‘sprawling’ enviro regulations on Tribes’ casino plans

The James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, home of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is pictured in San Francisco, California February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Noah Berger State wanted five Tribes to enact parts of CEQA, other laws in exchange for casino contract renewals 9th Circuit says'general policy objectives' have no place in…

Politics ・ 29 July 2022

Fox 5 Vegas

9th Circuit sides with union in fight with Las Vegas casino

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a U.S. judge's ruling in Nevada requiring Station Casinos' Red Rock Casino to bargain with the Culinary and Bartenders unions. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a victory for the union in a yearslong fight to unionize about 1350 employees at the Las Vegas-based casino company…

Land-based ・ 26 December 2021