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GREENBERG TRAURIG v. FRIAS HOLDING CO.

No. 61820.

331 P.3d 901 (2014)

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership; Greenberg Traurig, P.A., a Professional Association; and Scott D. Bertzyk, an Individual, Appellants, v. FRIAS HOLDING COMPANY, a Corporation; and Mark A. James, an Individual, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, and Anthony J. DiRaimondo and Kirk B. Lenhard, Las Vegas; Steptoe & Johnson and Jon T. Neumann, Phoenix, Arizona; Bennett Evan Cooper, Esq., Paradise Valley, Arizona, for Appellants.

Carbajal & McNutt, LLP, and Daniel R. McNutt, Las Vegas, for Respondents.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.

OPINION

By the Court, DOUGLAS, J.:

The United States District Court for the District of Nevada has certified a question of law to this court regarding the legal-malpractice exception to the litigation privilege. The litigation privilege immunizes from civil liability communicative acts occurring in the course of judicial proceedings, even if those acts would otherwise be tortious. Although Nevada has long recognized this common law privilege, we have...

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