Yet another reason to visit the Wynn Las Vegas

Classy move here....please note the sarcasm.

Wynn sues dealers for legal fees



BY ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY

Three weeks after the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by two dealers, attorneys for Wynn Las Vegas have filed a motion seeking nearly $75,000 in attorney’s fees.

On Dec. 6, Clark County District Court Judge Douglas Herndon dismissed a class-action suit brought by two resort dealers arguing that the new tip-sharing arrangement was illegal. Herndon is scheduled to hear the motion on the fees on January 29.

Attorneys in the case took diametrically opposite views of the new motion. “I don’t file anything unless I believe in it,” said Wynn attorney Greg Kamer of the firm Kamer Zucker Abbott. “I don’t just file papers that are frivolous because you don’t have any credibility with the courts.”

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“It’s vindictive and retaliatory,” said the dealer’s Reno-based lawyer Mark Thierman. “There is no way a court can honestly say this was a bad-faith lawsuit.”

The Wynn motion argues that the lead plaintiffs, Baldonado and Cesarz, pursued the case and should now bear the full cost of the resort’s defense. The two dealers had originally brought the lawsuit before Judge Herndon granted the dealers class action status.

“They brought a lawsuit after the labor commissioner told them they didn’t have a case,” Kamer said, referring to a Sept. 13 letter by the State Labor Commissioner rejecting more than 100 complaints filed anonymously by Wynn dealers. “They could have dropped it at any point in time and they didn’t.”

Kamer adds that there was significant cost to the Wynn Las Vegas after the company “had expended enormous resources to make sure what they did was in fact legal,” prior to the property’s August policy change.

Attempting to recover attorney fees by arguing that a lawsuit was brought “without reasonable grounds” is rare, according to one local attorney with 30 years of litigation experience in Nevada. He thinks it may be hard to recover the money.

“They’re taking a shot at it, but would not necessarily be a high-percentage shot,” said the litigator, adding he had not read the motion. “For whatever it’s worth, I think the chances of them collecting attorney’s fees is pretty slight.

“I’ve seen it happen a few times, but I can’t remember the last one.”

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Good to see that Lloyds is stiffing this clumsy braggart/art destructor of a prick.

Classy hotel, but is a pain in the ass to play at..too crowded..much prefer other casinos.

Karma for the prick trying to pillage his peon's pay.

Poked-painting incident brings lawsuit from Wynn

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Casino developer Steve Wynn paid $48.4 million in 1997 for Picasso's 1932 work 'Le Reve."
Photo by The Associated Press
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The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan sought an order to force Lloyd's to expedite Wynn's claims for reimbursement and restoration costs for Picasso's 1932 work 'Le Reve" by providing him with an appraisal report or initial damages assessment.
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Not to sound harsh, but I wish Steve Wynn could be hung with the same rope as Saddam

Here's a big fat "F YOU" to that scumbag Wynn

:bigfinger

Thought that , too. Decided to boycott Wynn even before he sued these guys for his legal fees(like he doesn't have a pack of these jackals on retainer at all times any way). If the floor people feel they are under-paid than go elsewhere or get this asshole to pay them more. I am tipping the dealers and no one else in the room from the pot.
Last thing I want to do is spend my time in LV around a bunch of disgruntled or resentful dealers with axes to grind with management. Too many other places to go.

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Steve Wynn says he’s obsessed with his new project Paradise Park

An early rendering of Wynn Paradise Park, minus a now-proposed eight- to 10-story mountain or island in the middle.

By <cite>Robin Leach</cite> (contact)
Thursday, May 26, 2016 | 3:29 p.m.
Steve Wynn EFI Keynote

Launch slideshow »


Hotel tycoon Steve Wynn admits that he’s been obsessed seven days a week with his team of creative people who include former Walt Disney animators as he develops the business plan for his ambitious lake and fantasy island project Paradise Park to take the place of his golf course on the Las Vegas Strip.



Steve says when the costs are completed and compared to the revenue and the business plan is as good as it can be, he’ll take it to his board of directors for a green light.
He says that he’s been able to extend the planned beachfront property of the 1,300-foot lake by another 600 feet. He says the surrounding boardwalk will be more than one mile long at 5,800 feet, with shops, retailers and little cul-de-sacs that lead to hidden little village squares.
His 1,000-room addition will be integrated with the Country Club and connected to Wynn Las Vegas. “It will be irresistible to the public, and in the middle of the 1,300- by 2,000-foot piece of water is a mountain, an island, that is 8 to 10 stories tall, but irregular topography.
“It is a slope up to two twin peaks that are connected with a rope bridge. And built into the side are cabanas and other special-effects platforms, some of which are going to be occupied in the daytime by people and very luxurious premium kinds of recreational spots.”
The beach bar is set on white sand, and there will be zip lines from his convention center to take people to the bar. From the side of the mountain, there will be zip lines that take them back the other way. Electric ferries will go to the dock at the beach bar.
At night, the twin peaks will become the launching positions for his nightly fireworks and other special effects that make up an entertainment moment from 9 to 9:30 p.m. His water ski show is planned for every afternoon at 3.
“These are the attractions and the things that make it irresistible to the 800,000 people a week who come to Las Vegas, the 118,000 people a day who promenade up and down the Strip who stay for 3 1/2 days and turn over twice a week,” said Steve.
Robin Leach of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” fame has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past 15 years giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.
Follow Robin Leach on Twitter at Twitter.com/Robin_Leach.

Like him or not.......

Steve Wynn is THE most brilliant mind ever in the history of the casino industry.

Case closed. Don't forget to tip your waitress!

packer2012 said:

Like him or not.......

Steve Wynn is THE most brilliant mind ever in the history of the casino industry.

Case closed. Don't forget to tip your waitress!

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This

packer2012 said:

Like him or not.......

Steve Wynn is THE most brilliant mind ever in the history of the casino industry.

Case closed. Don't forget to tip your waitress!

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True that. My favorite hotel in Vegas

Horseshoe said:

Good to see that Lloyds is stiffing this clumsy braggart/art destructor of a prick.

Classy hotel, but is a pain in the ass to play at..too crowded..much prefer other casinos.

Karma for the prick trying to pillage his peon's pay.

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You Sir should go to other casinos.......

WOULD the Wynn miss you?