Adelson’s Widow Should Face Newspaper Antitrust Suit, Judge Says

The widow of billionaire Sheldon Adelson—the late casino magnate, media mogul, and GOP megadonor—should face antitrust claims for treble damages over his alleged scheme to drive a rival Las Vegas newspaper out of business, despite his death in January, a federal magistrate said.

Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach recommended granting a motion by the rival paper, the Las Vegas Sun, to substitute Miriam Adelson, administrator of her husband’s estate, as a defendant in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

Ferenbach rejected the argument by Miriam Adelson and the Las Vegas Review-Journal that she should be off the hook ...