NRS 357.100

Action based upon certain public disclosures may only be brought by Attorney General, designee or original source of information; exceptions

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case United States ex rel. West v. Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. (2008)

Most recently applied in Nevada Ex Rel. Hager v. Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP (September 2011)

(Added to NRS by 1999, 828; A 2011, 375; 2013, 1046; 2015, 913)

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Unless the Attorney General objects, a court shall dismiss an action or a claim made pursuant to this chapter that is substantially based on the same allegations or transactions that have been disclosed publicly:

1. In a criminal, civil or administrative hearing to which the State, a political subdivision, or an agent of the State or a political subdivision is a party;

2. In an investigation, report, hearing or audit conducted by or at the request of a house of the Legislature, an auditor or the governing body of a political subdivision; or

3. By the news media,

Ê unless the action or claim is brought by the Attorney General, a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070 or an original source of the information.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.