Claim of Privilege or Protection

after Production (a) If papers, books, documents or electroni- cally stored information produced in discovery are subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as trial preparation material, the party making the claim may notify any party that received the infor- mation of the claim and the basis for the claim. (b) After being notified of a claim of privilege or of protection under subsection (a), a party shall immediately sequester the specified information and any copies it has and: (1) return or destroy the information and all copies and not use or dis- close the information until the claim is resolved; or (2) present the information to the judicial authority under seal for a determination of the claim and not otherwise use or disclose the information until the claim is resolved. (c) If a party that received notice under subsec- tion (b) disclosed the information subject to the notice before being notified, the party shall take reasonable steps to retrieve the information. (Adopted June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012.) 242 © Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut SUPERIOR COURT—PROCEDURE IN CIVIL MATTERS