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Rule 502 Is Now In Effect: What Will It Really Change?

Law360 (September 29, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT) -- On Friday, Sep. 19, President Bush signed into law new Federal Rule of Evidence 502, which takes immediate effect. Its purpose, in the words of the Senate report, is to address the "dramatic litigation cost increases" in America created by "[o]utdated law affecting inadvertent disclosure" and the "stark increase in [the volume of] discovery materials."[1]...

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