Reading Materials

This page contains links and downloads to reading materials for the Resort Hotel Casino Law course

Class Topics and Reading Assignments:

Class Session              TopicInstructor/Guest Lecturer                 Assignment
  8/28Course Introduction + What is Gaming? + Introduction to the Resort Hotel   and Casino    Roberts   GemignaniNRS 463.0185 NRS 463.1605 Clark County Code 8.04.010.145,   8.04.310        
  9/4      NO CLASS – Labor Day  
  9/11                        Nevada Corporate Law   for Resort Hotel Casinos     The Regulation of Resort Hotel      Casinos: The Nevada        State Gaming Control          System  Roberts   Gemignani    NRS Chapter 78 (Private    Corporations) and NRS    Chapter 86 (Limited Liability    Companies) NRS 463.482 – 463.643 Berman v. Riverside Casino    Corp., 247 F.Supp. 243 (Nev.    1964) NGC Regulation 15.510.4-1 NGC Regulation 15.530-1 NGC Regulation 15B.110 NGC Regulation 16.310 NGC Regulation 16.410 NGC Regulation 16.415 NRS 463.022-463.110 NRS 463.140 NRS 463.1405 NRS 463.021  
  9/18Anatomy of a Gaming License   InvestigationRoberts  NRS 463.012 NRS 463,1405 NRS 463.170 NGC Regulation 4.020 Multi-jurisdictional Personal History Disclosure Form and supplemental Nevada forms NRS 463.318 NGC Regulation 10
  9/25    Intellectual Property for the   Resort Hotel      Gemignani      IP Overview
  10/2  Resort Hotel Construction   Innkeeper Duties and Protection Against Crimes        Roberts    NRS 463.01865 NRS 463.1605 NRS 463.3072-3094 Clark County Code provisions on zoning, design review, and special use permit Resorts World approvals NRS Chapter 447 NRS Chapter 651 Slade v. Caesars Entertainment      Corporation, 373 P.3d 74        (Nev. 2016)    
  10/9Guest Property and Safekeeping   Requirements   Personal Injury and Premises    Liability   Ejection and Exclusion        Gemignani  Kula v. Karat NRS 651.010 NRS 108.480 to 108.500 NRS Chapter 120A Assembly Bill 419 (2015) NGC Regulation 5.011 NRS 41.141 Joynt v. California Hotel & Casino,   108 Nev. 539 (1992) Smith v. Mahoney Silver Nugget,    Inc., (Nov. 23, 2011) NRS 207.200 Sheriff of Washoe County, Nevada v. Martin, 99 Nev. 336, 662 P.2d 634 (1983) Uston v. Hilton Hotels Corp., 448     F.Supp. 116 (Nev. 1978) Uston v. Resorts International Hotel, Inc., 445 A.2d 370 (N.J. 1982) Cohen v. State, 113 Nev. 180 (1997)  
  10/16Human Resources – Employee   Management   Internal Audits and Financial     Statements   Title 31        RobertsNRS 463.335 to 463.337 NGC Regulation 5.100-5.109 NRS 463.370 NRS 463.375 NRS 463.380 NRS 463.383 NRS 463.385 NGC Regulation 6.020 NGC Regulation 6.030 NGC Regulation 6.040 NGC Regulation 6.070 NGC Regulation 6.080 NGC Regulation 6.090 / 6.100 NGC Regulation 5.045 Compliance Plan  “Culture of Compliance Required In Response to FinCEN’s Current Emphasis on Casinos’ AML Requirements” by Vernon Nelson & Kathleen Bliss  
  10/23Gaming Law in the Courts     Political Activities & Lobbying  Gemignani  State v. Rosenthal, 559 P.2d 830 (Nev. 1977) Rosenthal v. State ex. rel Gaming Comm’n, 620 P.2d 874 (Nev, 1980) Rosenthal v. State,514 F. Supp. 907 (D. Nev. 1981) State v. Rosenthal, 819 P.2d 1296 (Nev. 1991) NRS Chapter 218H   Summary of Citizens United v. FEC NRS 294A.100-294A.190   
  10/30  Attorney Panel          Panel of gaming attorneys            No reading assignment
  11/6  New Gaming Issues     Privacy, Security & Technology            Gemignani      NRS Chapter 603A
  11/13  Alcohol Sales, Restaurants, Bars, Valet, and Dram Shop Laws     Nightclubs and Disciplinary  Actions    RobertsNRS Chapter 369 State v. Glusman, 98 Nev. 412,      651 P.2d 639 (1982) NGC Regulation 5.011 State Gaming Control Board v.    Hard Rock Hotel, Inc.      (Complaint & Settlement)  
  11/20  Media & The Law   Speech Issues:  Cartoon Characters and “Those” Handouts      Gemignani   First Amendment and Advertising
  11/27  Race & Sports Books   Review for Final Examination    RobertsNGC Regulation 22
  Dec. 5 – Dec. 18  Final Examination Period