{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4018","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-4018","heading":"Waiver and preclusion of privilege.","body":"(a)\nA privilege under § 16-4017 may be waived in a record or orally during a proceeding if it is expressly waived by all parties entitled to claim the privilege at issue and, in the case of the privilege of a nonparty participant, it is also expressly waived by the nonparty participant.\n\n(b)\nA person that makes a disclosure or representation about a collaborative law communication that prejudices another person in a proceeding may not assert a privilege under § 16-4017, but this preclusion applies only to the extent necessary for the person prejudiced to respond to the disclosure or representation.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 40. Collaborative Law; Uniform Act."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-4018","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"30b9e9c48b9cd8862b223adc80feb1eacc7d293b4f1d87fe2cd8526bef1fe816","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4017","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}