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HR 6610 110th Congress House

To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine.

Introduced: July 24, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 that, when the disclosure is made in a federal proceeding or to a federal office or agency, it does not operate as a waiver in a federal or state proceeding if: (1) the disclosure is inadvertent; (2) the holder of the privilege or protection took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure; and (3) the holder promptly took reasonable steps to rectify the error.

Declares that, when the disclosure is made in a state proceeding and is not the subject of a state-court order concerning waiver, it does not operate as a waiver in a federal proceeding if the disclosure: (1) would not be a waiver under this rule if it had been made in a federal proceeding; or (2) is not waived under law of the state where the disclosure occurred.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6610: To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6610/
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H.R. 6610, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6610/.
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