51 attack from its high-rise hotel because the security provider on the concert grounds, Contemporaneous Services Corp., years earlier received a certification from the Department of Homeland Security under the Safety Act. MGM knew the foreseeable risk of a shooting from a high floor of Mandalay Bay because of the arrest of a would-be sniper in 2014. Three years later, hotel staff negligently assisted the Route 91 shooter by transporting his arsenal to his room during the week preceding the attack. It is difficult to conceive under the Safety Act, how the deployment of private security personnel at the Route 91 concert shields Mandalay Bay and MGM from their negligence leading to the shooting from across the street on the 32nd floor. The high stakes litigation is the law’s first test, and justice for hundreds of concert victims is in the balance. Last October MGM signaled its willingness to negotiate a possible settlement with the 1 October victims through formal mediation with the consortium of plaintiffs’ lawyers. JUSTICE FOR #VEGASSTRONG O n October 1, 2017, Las Vegas was shaken to its core when a lone gunman opened fire from a 32nd-floor window at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Over 500 people were injured and 58 lost their lives. The massacre became the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. In the months following 1 October, authorities closed their investigation, finding no motive for the attack. Many victims and families were left with life-altering injuries, the pain that goes with the sudden loss of loved ones, and a myriad of questions about what to do next. Hundreds of concert victims who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, trample injuries, gunshot wounds or who lost loved ones, asked the Richard Harris Law Firm for help. A legal consortium of 80 law firms from around the country, including the Richard Harris Law Firm, formed to investigate the circumstances leading to the shooting and seek compensation for medical expenses, lost earnings and other damages for victims. Civil lawsuits aim to hold MGM Resorts International, owner of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, accountable for negligent lack of security. MGM Resorts International filed federal lawsuits against the concert victims and their families to shield itself from liability. Citing an obscure post-9/11 law called the Safety Act, MGM sought court rulings it cannot be held liable for the