Year: 2015

Most are aware of the attorney client privilege, which protects the subject of communication between the lawyer and client made in furtherance of legal services. See NRS 49.095. However, the Nevada supreme court recently limited the privilege during discovery...

Senate Bill 162 repeals NRS 690B.042. Effective May 28, 2015. Under prior Nevada law, the insurer of the party against whom a personal injury claim was asserted had to disclose the insurance policy limits upon request by the claimant and receipt of records and bills...

Under NRS 439B.260, hospitals in Nevada must generally reduce charges by 30% to inpatients who have no health insurance “or other contractual agreement with a third party that provides health coverage for the charge.”  In Bielar v. Washoe Health Sys., 306 P.3d 360,...

Until recently, Nevada state courts have had only one appellate court: the “Nevada Supreme Court.”  However, on November 4, 2014, Nevada voters approved an intermediate court of appeals by a majority vote.  The effective date of the “Court of Appeals” was January 5,...