The 2015 Nevada Legislative session just ended at the
beginning of June, and some of the laws Jennifer worked on for clients included
those regulating UBER and other rideshare companies in Nevada, those dealing
with HOA superpriority liens, those affecting Nevada’s business licensing and
tax structure, and several dealing with Nevada’s gaming laws.
Jennifer and the other gaming attorneys in the Las Vegas
office, Jeff Silver, Kate Lowenhar-Fisher and Greg Gemignani, are all now
involved in assisting clients as the Nevada gaming regulatory bodies draft new
regulations as directed by the new laws passed this session. Of particular
interest to gaming and entertainment clients are new regulations that will:
- adjust how Nevada’s Live
Entertainment Tax (“LET”) on live event admissions is calculated;
- create a new multi-tier
licensing scheme for associated equipment manufacturers, including a
requirement for some to obtain full gaming licensure for the first time;
- bring nightclub employees
under the regulatory reach of the Nevada Gaming Control Board;
- allow “entity wagering”
(the formation of business entities to place race and sports wagers) and
centralized race book and sports pool operations; and
- create a new class of “hybrid”
games, which combine elements of skill and chance, as well as integration of
the games with social media accounts and electronic commerce transactions.
When Jennifer is not at work, she enjoys spending time with
her husband Paul (who is from Sydney, Australia) and her almost two-year-old
son, Parker. She also volunteers as the State Chair for the international humanitarian
organization, CARE; sits on the board of the Nevada Preservation Foundation;
and is an active member of the Nevada State Bar CLE Committee and the Howard D.
McKibben Inn of Court.
