Recording law
“There’s two areas that very rarely ever get prosecuted in Nevada,” said Richard Wright, a veteran defense attorney. One is false testimony in civil and family court cases. “And the other thing is you very rarely ever see a prosecution like this of someone saying essentially, they eavesdropped, unless it’s something like planting an illegal wiretap.”
Wright recalls the issue coming up during the yearslong Culinary union strike at the Frontier Hotel.
Hotel management had set up microphones on the edge of the sidewalk where picketing Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 union members were marching, according to the attorney.
But no one was prosecuted, he said.
“In a public area, there’s no constitutional expectation of privacy,” said Wright.