US court to hear suit accusing Adelson of graft in China

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Source: The Hill

A judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit accusing casino magnate Sheldon Adelson of graft and ties to organized crime will be heard in a U.S. court.

Las Vegas Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ruled that a hearing over the full case will take place in a Nevada courtroom, according to The Guardian, dealing a blow to Adelson, the owner of Las Vegas Sands and a major GOP political donor.

“This matter has been pending in Nevada courts for almost five years,” Gonzalez said. “Judicial economy would be served by continuing his litigation in Nevada." Her ruling follows a month of legal arguments over where jurisdiction in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against Adelson should take place.

Steven Jacobs, the suit’s plaintiff, has argued that Adelson unfairly terminated him as chief executive of Adelson’s casinos in Macao, China, in a case that has remained tangled in courts since 2010.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/243020-us-court-to-hear-suit-accusing-adelson-of-graft-in-china

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. A big donor to the Republican Party, organized crime indeed.

Or do the mean the Tongs?

[NBachers]

2. All Republican candidates and elected officials said they'd immediately return all money donated by

Sheldon Adelson.

[McCamy Taylor]

3. Adelson is probably a middle man for illegal campaign contributions.

It would be all too easy for a wealthy foreigner or even a mobster to "drop" a few million in one of Adelson's casinos---and then Adelson would pass it on to the intended politician, minus a small cut as middleman.