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CoreCivic Faces Liability for Wiretap Act Violations in Nevada Case
Loaded on March 1, 2021
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2021, page 47
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Wiretap Evidence,
Evidence - Admissibility/Exclusion of.
Location:
Nevada.
by David M. Reutter
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that each interception of an attorney’s privileged telephone is a violation of the federal and Nevada Wiretap Acts. As such, the statute of limitations is triggered anew for each intercepted call.
The court’s October 27, 2020, opinion was issued ...
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