Long way to go to find an impartial jury
With all the publicity that has followed the CityCenter construction defects case, it never figured to be easy to find an impartial jury.
But should a bill now in the Legislature that would tighten the bias standards become law, “We will have to move this trial to Winnemucca,” said Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez at a May 3 hearing.
Predictably, the attorneys differed on the prospects of setting up shop in the town, about 170 miles northeast of Reno.
“I’ve been through there a few times,” said CityCenter attorney Mark Ferrario, who otherwise declined comment.
“I like Winnemucca,” countered George Ogilvie III, representing contractor Tutor Perini Building Co.
A potential advantage, said Gonzalez, is that the ranchers don’t have much to do in January, when the trial is scheduled to start.
One other spinoff benefit: the prospect of spending a year or two in the town of 7,396 people might spur settlement talks.
Even though the town’s tourist board boasts, “Whether you are staying a night or longer, you’ll find the perfect place to stay in Winnemucca,” the battalion of Las Vegas lawyers in the case might have different tastes.
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The company that puts on the Interbike bicycle trade show in Las Vegas has been bought.
Tornto-based Onex Corp. has agreed to buy Nielsen Expositions for $950 million. Nielsen Expositions, based in San Juan Capstrano, Calif., produces more than 65 business-to-business trade shows. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter. Nielsen Expositions has about 240 employees and generated revenues of about $183 million for the year ening Dec. 31, 2012.
Onex’ businesses have assets of
$44 billion, generate annual revenues of $37 billion and employ approximately 243,000 people worldwide.
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