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Work Product — Rule 502
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Work Product — Rule 502
SUMMARY OF RULE 502 (adopted March 22, 2016)
• Rule 502 generally takes a flexible approach when determining if disclosure in a civil or criminal matter results in waiver of the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection.
• If disclosure is made in a Colorado proceeding or to an office or agency of the state, county, or local government, and waives the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection, the waiver extends to an undisclosed communication only if the waiver is intentional, the disclosed and undisclosed communication concern the same matter, and they ought, in fairness, to be considered together.
• If disclosure is inadvertent, it does not operate as a waiver if the holder of the privilege or protection took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure and promptly took reasonable steps to rectify the error, including following C.R.C.P. 26(b)(5)(B).
• If disclosure is made in a federal or other state proceeding and is not the subject of a court order concerning waiver, disclosure does not operate as a waiver if it would not be a waiver if it had been made in a Colorado proceeding or is not a waiver under the law in the state or federal proceeding where disclosure occurred.
• The Colorado court may order that the privilege or protection is not waived by a disclosure connected with pending litigation before the court — in which event disclosure is also not waived in any other proceeding.
• This new rule is modeled after Federal Rule of Evidence 502.
• Colorado case law has recognized the view...
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- Front Matter
- Rulings on Evidence — Rule 103
- Remainder of or Related Writings or Recorded Statements — Rule 106
- Judicial Notice — Rule 201
- Relevancy — Rules 401, 402, and 403
- Character Evidence — Rule 404
- Methods of Proving Character — Rule 405
- Habit, Routine Practice — Rule 406
- Compromise and Offers to Compromise — Rule 408
- Offer to Plead Guilty; Nolo Contendere; Withdrawn Pleas of Guilty — Rule 410
- Privileges — Rule 501
- Work Product — Rule 502
- General Rule of Competency — Rule 601
- Lack of Personal Knowledge — Rule 602
- Interpreters — Rule 604
- Who May Impeach — Rule 607
- Evidence of Character and Conduct of Witness — Rule 608
- Religious Beliefs or Opinions — Rule 610
- Mode and Order of Interrogation and Presentation — Rule 611
- Writing Used to Refresh Memory — Rule 612
- Prior Statements of Witnesses — Rule 613
- Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses by Court — Rule 614
- Exclusion of Witnesses — Rule 615
- Opinion Testimony by Lay Witnesses — Rule 701
- Testimony by Experts — Rule 702
- Basis of Opinion Testimony by Experts — Rule 703
- Court Appointed Experts — Rule 706
- Hearsay Definitions; Hearsay Rule — Rules 801 and 802
- Hearsay Exceptions: Availability of Declarant Immaterial — Rule 803
- Hearsay Exceptions: Where Declarant Unavailable — Rule 804
- Hearsay Within Hearsay — Rule 805
- Attacking and Supporting Credibility of Declarant — Rule 806
- Residual Exception — Rule 807
- Authentication and Identification of Exhibits — Rules 901, 902, and 903
- Definitions (Writings, Recordings, and Photos) — Rule 1001
- Requirement of Original, Admissibility of Duplicates — Rules 1002, 1003, 1004, and 1005
- Summaries — Rule 1006
- Evidence Issues in Arbitration Proceedings
- Evidence Issues in Depositions and Discovery Depositions
- Appendix COLORADO RULES OF EVIDENCE
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