S.2450: A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine.

A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. 9/19/2008--Public Law.    (There are 4 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence with respect to the disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege and work product protection. Provides that, when such a disclosure is made in a federal proceeding or to a federal office or agency, and waives the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection, the waiver extends to an undisclosed communication or information in a federal or state proceeding only if: (1) the waiver is intentional; (2) the disclosed and undisclosed communications or information concern the same subject matter; and (3) they ought in fairness to be considered together. States [...]

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