LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. v. EIGHTH JUD. DIST. CT.

No. 62489.

319 P.3d 618 (2014)

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., a Nevada Corporation; and Sands China LTD., a Cayman Islands Corporation, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE of Nevada, in and for the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez, District Judge, Respondents, and Steven C. Jacobs, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Law Group and Steve L. Morris and Rosa Solis-Rainey , Las Vegas; Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, and J. Randall Jones and Mark M. Jones , Las Vegas; Holland & Hart LLP and J. Stephen Peek and Robert J. Cassity , Las Vegas, for Petitioners.

Pisanelli Bice, PLLC, and Todd L. Bice , James J. Pisanelli , and Debra L. Spinelli , Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

By the Court, GIBBONS, C.J.:

In this opinion, we consider whether a witness's review of purportedly privileged documents prior to testifying constitutes a waiver of any privilege under NRS 50.125, such that the adverse party may demand production, be allowed to inspect the documents, cross-examine the witness on the contents, and admit the evidence for purposes of impeachment. We conclude that it does. However, under the specific facts of...

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