(750 ILCS 90/55)

Sec. 55. Privilege against disclosure for collaborative process communication; admissibility; discovery.

(a) Subject to Sections 60 and 65, a collaborative process communication is privileged under subsection (b), is not subject to discovery, and is not admissible in evidence.

(b) In a proceeding, the following privileges apply:

(1) A party may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a collaborative process communication.

(2) A nonparty participant may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a collaborative process communication of the nonparty participant.

(c) Evidence or information that is otherwise admissible or subject to discovery does not become inadmissible or protected from discovery solely because of its disclosure or use in a collaborative process.

(Source: P.A. 100-205, eff. 1-1-18.)