Legal Trend. Pension Beneficiary Disclosures. The info sought:

Where: Nevada

Who sought information about state pension beneficiaries? the conservative Nevada Policy Research Institute

What pension beneficiary information is being sought? 

• names of those retired
• years of service
• amount of benefits
• years of employment
• most recent employer

What 3 things did a court say when the pension systems argued against disclosure?

• the information is not confidential
• no evidence that “the requested information would actually cause harm or even increase the risk of harm to retired employees.”
• there was no evidence that a risk of cybercrime would increase with the release of the information

What about attorney fees and costs? The state has to pay the think tank’s atorney fees and costs

Governing | Judge: Nevada Must Release Pension Recipients’ Names