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Nevada attorneys have a duty to log in to the electronic filing system and check notifications for cases as often as is necessary to properly monitor pending cases, even if they do not receive electronic mail (e-mail) or other notice. Fulbrook v. Allstate Ins. Co., 350 P.3d 88, 131 Nev. Adv. Rep. 33 (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 depositions. Although it appears that attorneys and witness/clients may freely confer during an unrequested recess in a …

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, 367, 22, 129 Nev. Adv. Rep. 49 (2013), the Nevada Supreme Court …

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, 2015. The Court of Appeals will have statewide jurisdiction, with the purpose …