New Evidence Rule 502 to the Federal Rules of Evidence
posted in eDiscovery |On Friday, September 19, 2008, President Bush signed into law S. 2450, a bill adding new Evidence Rule 502 to the Federal Rules of Evidence. The legislation protects against the inadvertent waiver of the attorney-client privilege or the work product protection. This law is identical to proposed Evidence Rule 502, as approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 2007.
Now that the bill has been signed by the President, it has been assigned Public Law Number 110-322 by the Office of the Federal Register. Next, OFR editors will prepare it for publication as a Slip Law, and then include it in the next edition of the United States Statutes at Large. We will post a copy of Public Law No. 110-322 here, as soon as it becomes available.
Additional information about the legislation may be found on the Library of Congress “Thomas” website, at http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2450, and on the U.S. Courts’ Federal Rulemaking website.