Rule 502. Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product; Limitations on Waiver

The following provisions apply, in the circumstances set out, to disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection. (a) Disclosure Made in an Arizona Proceeding; Scope of a Waiver. When the disclosure is made in an Arizona proceeding and waives the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection, the waiver extends to an undisclosed communication or information in an Arizona 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. (b) Inadvertent Disclosure. When made in an Arizona proceeding, the disclosure does not operate as a waiver in an Arizona 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, including (if applicable) following Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(6)(B). (c) Disclosure Made in a Proceeding in Federal Court or Another State. When the disclosure is made in a proceeding in federal court or another state and is not the subject of a court order concerning waiver, the disclosure does not operate as a waiver in an Arizona proceeding if the disclosure: (1) would not be a waiver under this rule if it had been made in an Arizona proceeding; or (2) is not a waiver under the law governing the federal or state proceeding where the disclosure occurred. (d) Controlling Effect of a Court Order. An Arizona court may order that the privilege or protection is not waived by disclosure connected with the litigation pending before the court--in which event the disclosure is also not a waiver in any other proceeding. (e) Controlling Effect of a Party Agreement. An agreement on the effect of disclosure in an Arizona proceeding is binding only on the parties to the agreement, unless it is incorporated into a court order. (f) Definitions lege or protection is not waived by disclosure connected with the litigation pending before the court--in which event the disclosure is also not a waiver in any other proceeding. (e) Controlling Effect of a Party Agreement. An agreement on the effect of disclosure in an Arizona proceeding is binding only on the parties to the agreement, unless it is incorporated into a court order. (f) Definitions. In this rule: (1) “attorney-client privilege” means the protection that applicable law provides for confidential attorney-client communications; and (2) “work-product protection” means the protection that applicable law provides for tangible material (or its intangible equivalent) prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial.