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Monday, June 2, 2014 Nevada’s shield law, one of the strongest in the nation, will get a look this week by an advisory board for possible legislation to broaden it. Proposed language would change the fundamental test from ‘journalist’ to ‘journalism’ in deciding who gets protected from subpoenas trying to …
Read More »Subpoenas against Mesquite site thrown out
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 We got word today from Barbara Ellestad that Clark County judges have thrown out all the subpoenas against her and her news site, Mesquite Citizen Journal, stemming from criminal cases involving the Virgin Valley Water District. In dismissing the subpoenas, the judges upheld Ellestad’s argument that …
Read More »Two victories for open records
Monday, January 19, 2009 A district judge in Clark County has provided a significant ruling for open-government advocates in Nevada who worry that cost is the biggest obstacle to obtaining public records. Judge Susan Johnson’s ruling came in a case brought by activist Karen Gray, who was represented by the …
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