Designed to provide predictability and cost savings for all parties in litigation, a new Federal Rule of Evidence 502, which applies to the inadvertent disclosure in discovery of information protected by the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine, is about to become reality.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 8 sent legislation enacting the new rule, which was three years in the making, to President Bush, who is expected to sign it into law.
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