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Committee reviews two evidence-rule amendments: confidential referrals and the rule of completeness
Summary
The committee reviewed two evidence-rule changes: a newly promulgated amendment protecting communications to lawyer referral services and an amendment to the rule of completeness aligned with a recent Federal rule clarification.
The committee heard two separate amendments affecting the Rules of Evidence: a new confidentiality protection for calls to lawyer referral services (Rule 502) and an amendment to the rule of completeness (Rule 106) to mirror a recent Federal clarification. A presenter for the Evidence Rules Committee explained Rule 502 originated in a request from the Vermont Bar Association, which operates a lawyer‑referral line. The concern was that staff answering the referral line might be compelled to testify about what a caller said; the proposed amendment extends…
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