LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — Fortune 500 corporations, some of America’s biggest companies, are moving to Nevada.

More than a dozen have changed their official addresses to the Silver State in recent years. But why? FOX5 went one-on-one with a UNLV law professor to find out.

“I’m incredibly optimistic about Nevada’s future. I decided that I want to spend the rest of my life in Nevada… I took and passed the Nevada Bar in February. Just because… I believe that there’s going to be more work for Nevada lawyers for business issues coming here,” shared Benjamin Edwards, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV.

Edwards, like a number of major American companies, now is betting big on Nevada.

“One of one of the most notable and significant is

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