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Hutchison Steffen

October 7, 2020

Michael Brooks Leads Hutchison & Steffen to Nevada Supreme Court Case Win

In Silver State Schools Credit Union v. Oella Ridge Trust, Nev. Sup. Ct. No. 76382, 444 P.3d 455 (Nev. July 11, 2019)(unpublished order), the Nevada Supreme Court found reversible error in a District Court judgment that there was a superpriority assessment lien sale where there was no evidence that the homeowner was delinquent on common […]

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Hutchison Steffen

January 21, 2020

Congrats, Shannon!

For the second time in her career, Firm Partner Shannon Wilson has won the Louis Wiener Pro Bono Service Award from the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada for her exceptional time commitment and zealous advocacy in a contentious family law matter that still continues on. The award is given yearly in memory of Louis […]

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Hutchison Steffen

January 10, 2020

Congrats, Michael!

Firm Attorney Michael Falater was recently appointed to the board of the Children’s Advocacy Center Foundation. The foundation supports the Southern Nevada Children’s Advocacy Center, which provides services to abused children. Congrats, Michael!

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David Doto

December 17, 2019

Managing Workplace Conflict Through Mediation

The Cost. The direct costs of workplace conflict are staggering: billions of dollars are lost each year for sick days, absenteeism, grievances, and litigation. Moreover, the “hidden” cost of workplace conflict is difficult to calculate, and includes a hostile work environment, the lack of employee buy-in to organizational goals, lost productivity, project avoidance, employee turnover, […]

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Hutchison Steffen

November 6, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court Says Yes to Immediate Takings Claim

In a big change affecting property owners, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that people whose land is taken for public use without payment may, as soon as the property is taken, file federal lawsuits for constitutional violations of property rights. The high court revisited the question of whether property owners have standing to bring […]

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Hutchison Steffen

November 6, 2019

Workers Can Sue Employer for Failing to Protect Personal Data

In a ruling that should make employers everywhere sit up and take notice, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently decided that workers could bring a negligence claim (in other words, a lawsuit alleging that they were hurt by their employer’s unreasonable carelessness) against their employer over a data breach that compromised their personal information. The case […]

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David Doto

November 6, 2019

Workplace Conflict: Trick or Treat?

Conflict is ubiquitous – it permeates all aspects of our lives. We all have needs, desires, and aspirations that are not always consistent with those of our colleagues, yet we live in a finite world with finite resources. Moreover, we are each unique, and have perceptions of the world that are filtered through our personal […]

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Alex Velto

October 30, 2019

Creating Workplace Safety in an Active Shooter Era

This article originally appeared in Nevada Business Magazine's Legal Opinions Special Reports, October 1, 2019. We live in an active shooter era. Society increasingly sees mass shootings as commonplace. The workplace is far from immune from this broader trend. Since 2006, there have been 11 workplace mass killings—defined as four or more people killed— resulting […]

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David Doto

August 8, 2019

Preparing to Negotiate: Going Beyond the Case File to Achieve Success

In this article I am providing the second installment of my review of William Ury’s book, Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations. In my previous article, I put the cart before the horse and talked about the five steps to a successful negotiation — here I am going to talk about the horse that […]

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