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Dog Bite: To Sue Or Not To Sue
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous Poster" data-source="post: 86832"><p>DannyBoy, You left out the rest of the explanation:</p><p><em>Federal law allows recording of phone calls and other electronic communications with the consent of at least one party to the call. A majority of the states and territories have adopted wiretapping statutes based on the federal law, although most also have extended the law to cover in-person conversations. Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia permit individuals to record conversations to which they are a party without informing the other parties that they are doing so. These laws are referred to as \\\"one-party consent\\\" statutes, and as long as you are a party to the conversation, it is legal for you to record it. (Nevada also has a one-party consent statute, but the state Supreme Court has interpreted it as an all-party rule.)</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Twelve states require, under most circumstances, the consent of all parties to a conversation. Those jurisdictions are California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington. </strong>Be aware that you will sometimes hear these referred to inaccurately as \\\"two-party consent\\\" laws. If there are more than two people involved in the conversation, all must consent to the taping.</em></p><p></p><p>Did you get that law degree in the locker room?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous Poster, post: 86832"] DannyBoy, You left out the rest of the explanation: [i]Federal law allows recording of phone calls and other electronic communications with the consent of at least one party to the call. A majority of the states and territories have adopted wiretapping statutes based on the federal law, although most also have extended the law to cover in-person conversations. Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia permit individuals to record conversations to which they are a party without informing the other parties that they are doing so. These laws are referred to as \\\"one-party consent\\\" statutes, and as long as you are a party to the conversation, it is legal for you to record it. (Nevada also has a one-party consent statute, but the state Supreme Court has interpreted it as an all-party rule.) [b]Twelve states require, under most circumstances, the consent of all parties to a conversation. Those jurisdictions are California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington. [/b]Be aware that you will sometimes hear these referred to inaccurately as \\\"two-party consent\\\" laws. If there are more than two people involved in the conversation, all must consent to the taping.[/i] Did you get that law degree in the locker room? [/QUOTE]
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