Casino magnate Adelson facing 49 hours of pretrial questions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Casino magnate Adelson facing 49 hours of pretrial questions

Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Updated 3:25 pm, Thursday, February 18, 2016



LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge said Thursday that billionaire casino magnate and Las Vegas newspaper owner Sheldon Adelson can be questioned for up to 49 hours beginning next week by lawyers for a former Macau casino executive who claims he was wrongly fired in 2010.

A lawyer for former Sands China chief executive Steven Jacobs said in court that he expects an attempt by Adelson and his lawyers to disrupt the deposition, in an effort to scuttle plans to begin the long-awaited civil trial June 27.

"We will start with Mr. Adelson, and then there will be a blow-up in an attempt to obstruct this deposition so it cannot be done," Jacobs' attorney, Todd Bice, told Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez.

Outside court, Bice said he believes it's clear that Adelson and lawyers for Las Vegas Sands and Sands China Ltd. want a delay.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Ruling-Judge-stays-on-Vegas-case-involving-6838855.php

[Wellstone ruled]

1. This will be real news.

Living in Vegas and with the recent purchase of the RJ News paper by the Adelson's,the comments and letters to the editors are showing the Adelson thumb on the scale. What was a Rethug lean is now almost TeaBillie in nature.

[FlatBaroque]

2. Handsome devil /

[MisterP]

7. ugh, it's like Frank Reynolds and Hwang the landlord had a baby and aborted it

[The Second Stone]

3. 49 hours? How did they arrive at that number?

A federal court deposition is usually limited to 8 hours. And what the hell are they going to ask him for 7 full working days? Was he her personal supervisor? Still, how in heck's sake does it take 7 full days to examine him about stuff?

This judge is an idiot.

[Bluenorthwest]

4. This is civil litigation and Shelly's lawyers have deposed the man who filed suit for several days

so why should Shelly get out in 8 hours? What's your thinking on that?

[The Second Stone]

5. My understanding of the federal rules is that without a court order it is limited to

8 hours. Not having the case in front of me, and unless the witness has hundreds of documents personally handled that discuss the litigated matter, I can't figure why they'd need to examine him at such length. I'm no fan of Adelson, but I'm even less of a fan of uselessly dragging out deposition length, having sat through several thousand hours of depositions that were yuge wastes of time and mere billing exercises.

[The Second Stone]

9. I obviously don't know the case

But normally, in a detailed case, the actual witnesses might (I say might) have more than 8 hours of email or something to go over. Adelson might too if he were her direct report. Keep in mind I don't like Adelson because of his politics and his preying on people with gambling addictions. But you don't normally let the attorneys at the CEO of a big corporation without some showing of direct knowledge, and then try to keep it short. Obviously the judge thought the facts justified it. I cannot imagine that if I were the judge I would allow anyone 49 hours in any circumstances. I'd say you have 8 hours tops, and show me after that why it is incomplete, and by the way, if it's an 85 year old coot, you need to spread that out over three days. A deposition is exhausting for a witness. But clearly, I don't have this case in front of me. Thank goodness.

[LoisB]

6. His hairdresser should advise him that it's about time to stop dyeing his hair.

[olddots]

8. what sickening scum bag