Las Vegas Sun business editor Jeff Simpson has been sued by a local casino for libel as a result of a column he wrote in the newspaper, according to a story in the paper.
The story stated, “The lawsuit, filed in Clark County District Court, asks for more than $10,000 in damages Sands claims was caused by a Simpson column published April 2. The column analyzed the competitors for a Singapore casino license. Las Vegas Sands was eventually selected to build the casino.
The Sands’ lawsuit claims that the Sun and Simpson acted with malice in writing that Sands has a ‘sorry Nevada regulatory
“‘The column was neither malicious nor factually incorrect,’ Michael J. Kelley, managing editor of the Sun, said yesterday. ‘It was a legitimate effort to guess the likely winner for a casino license in Singapore, and falls well within the definition of fair comment under the First Amendment. The writer, in a later column, congratulated Las Vegas Sands after it won. And Las Vegas Sands’ regulatory record, everywhere it does business or is working to do business, is a matter of public record. This is a frivolous suit, and we will vigorously defend it.'”
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Simpson was named the Sun’s business editor in 2004 and is executive editor of the Sun’s sister publication, In Business Las Vegas. He writes on behind-the-scenes happenings in the gaming industry and in the valley’s broader business community. His column appears on Sunday.
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