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    Nevada

    Nevada

    Date: 
    August 1, 2012

    Summary of statute(s): An individual who has the consent of at least one party to an in-person conversation can lawfully record it or disclose its contents, but the consent of all parties is required to record a telephone conversation. An exception may exist, however, for a telephone recording made with the prior consent of only one of the parties to the communication in an emergency situation in which it is impractical to obtain a court order. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 200.620, 200.650 (2011).

    Nevada

    Date: 
    May 1, 2012

     

    Delinquency proceedings: Juvenile delinquency hearings are open to the public in Nevada unless the judge determines that closure or partial closure is in the best interests of the child or the public. In those cases, only people with a direct interest in the case may be admitted. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 62D.010 (West 2011).

    Nevada revises rules on camera access to courts

    Derek Green | Secret Courts | Feature | August 5, 2011
    Derek Green
    Feature
    August 5, 2011

    The Nevada Supreme Court this week revised the state court rule on cameras in the courtroom.

    Among the revisions is the addition of an express presumption in favor of some "electronic coverage" -- defined to include broadcasting, televising, recording or taking of photographs -- in all court proceedings in which the public is allowed. Such access still requires court permission, but the new rule relaxes the deadline for filing such a request from 72 hours before a proceeding to 24 hours.

    Reporters Committee position that governance is not speech prevails at high court

    Press Release | June 13, 2011
    June 13, 2011

    The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that requiring elected officials to recuse themselves from governance votes on issues where they have a conflict of interest does not violate First Amendment free speech rights, endorsing a position put forth in a friend-of-the-court brief by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

    Horse roundup site must be accessible, Reporters Committee argues

    Press Release | June 3, 2011
    June 3, 2011

    The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press urged a federal appeals court this week to order a federal trial court to reconsider its decision that a photographer's First Amendment rights were not violated when she was not allowed to photograph the roundup of wild horses on federal land in Nevada.

    Amicus brief in Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan

    March 1, 2011
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    Urging the U.S. Supreme Court to find that a state law on conflicts of interest by state officials should not be viewed as a First Amendment-protected restriction of speech.

    Nevada high court says portions of gun permit records public

    Miranda Fleschert | Freedom of Information | Feature | July 9, 2010
    Miranda Fleschert
    Feature
    July 9, 2010

    Nevada's high court has ruled that the identities of concealed gun permit holders and records related to the permit's current status are public records under state law despite an exemption that makes the application for a permit confidential.

    Las Vegas newspaper sues websites over use of content

    Brian Westley | Newsgathering | Feature | June 14, 2010
    Brian Westley
    Feature
    June 14, 2010

    The Las Vegas Review-Journal is suing dozens of websites that are using the newspaper’s content without permission.

    Righthaven LLC, a Nevada company that represents the paper, has filed 37 lawsuits since March against various organizations for copyright infringement, including blogs that discuss reforming marijuana laws, sports betting and real estate.

    “We believe we’ve only scratched the surface of dealing with this issue,” Righthaven Chief Executive Steven Gibson said. “There are literally oceans of infringement out there.”

    Nevada high court to decide whether governor's email is 'personal'

    Amanda Becker | Freedom of Information | Quicklink | March 2, 2010
    Amanda Becker
    Quicklink
    March 2, 2010

    A Nevada newspaper asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a lower court's ruling that e-mail messages sent by Gov. Jim Gibbons were personal and therefore not subject to public records law, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

    Carson City Judge James Russell had previously denied the Journal's request for 98 of 104 e-mail messages between Gibbons and his staff over a six-month period. The newspaper had asked for a log of the e-mail if the actual messages were not released.

    Las Vegas paper to comply with narrowed subpoena

    Jonathan Jones | Reporter's Privilege | Quicklink | June 22, 2009
    Jonathan Jones
    Quicklink
    June 22, 2009

    Even as the Las Vegas Review-Journal said it will cooperate with a narrowed subpoena from federal prosecutors for information about two anonymous comments left below an online news story, the ACLU announced it would seek to quash the subpoenas on behalf of the commenters, the paper reported last week.