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Disability and the Federal Courts: A Study of Web Accessibility

Mamadi Corra

December 6, 2019

This report on accessibility developed from a yearlong study of various entities of the federal judiciary, including the judiciary’s electronic case filing and processing systems, homepages of federal judiciary websites, and published Judicial Conference and Administrative Office policies on disa

Patent Pilot Program: Status Update, December 2019

December 2, 2019

Status update provided to the Patent Pilot Program Subcommittee of the Judicial Conference’s Court Administration and Case Management Committee.

Report on the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot

Emery G. Lee, Jason A. Cantone

October 15, 2019

This report presents findings from surveys of attorneys participating in the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP).

Plaintiff Fact Sheets in Multidistrict Litigation

Margaret S. Williams, Emery G. Lee, Jason A. Cantone

March 11, 2019

This report examines the use of plaintiff fact sheets and related case management tools in multidistrict litigation.

Patent Pilot Program: Status Update, December 2018

January 22, 2019

Status update provided to the Patent Pilot Program Subcommittee of the Judicial Conference’s Court Administration and Case Management Committee.

Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action: Report on a Pilot Project to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure

Jason A. Cantone, Emery G. Lee

October 19, 2018

This report is a study of a discovery pilot testing pattern initial disclosures in adverse action employment cases. Compared to a sample of similar cases, pilot cases did not have shorter disposition times but did have fewer discovery motions.

Patent Pilot Program: Status Update, December 2017

December 29, 2017

Status update provided to the Patent Pilot Program Subcommittee of the Judicial Conference’s Court Administration and Case Management Committee.

Trade Secret Seizure Best Practices Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

Timothy T. Lau

June 28, 2017

The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), Pub. L. No. 114-153, became law on May 11, 2016. It amends 18 U.S.C.

Report on Federal–State Court Cooperation: A Survey of Federal Chief District Judges

Jason A. Cantone

April 3, 2017

In 2016, at the request of the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal–State Jurisdiction, a survey was sent to all chief federal district judges asking about cooperation with their state judge counterparts.

Vertical Consolidation of District Court and Bankruptcy Court Clerks' Offices

James B. Haines Jr., Rebecca N. Eyre

April 3, 2017

A report to the Cost-Containment Subcommittee of the Court Administration and Case Management Committee on six districts with a currently consolidated district court and bankruptcy court clerk's office and three districts that at one time consolidated their district court and bankruptcy court cle

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Research Reports

Disability and the Federal Courts: A Study of Web Accessibility

Patent Pilot Program: Status Update, December 2019

Report on the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot

Plaintiff Fact Sheets in Multidistrict Litigation

Patent Pilot Program: Status Update, December 2018

Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action: Report on a Pilot Project to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure

Patent Pilot Program: Status Update, December 2017

Trade Secret Seizure Best Practices Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

Report on Federal–State Court Cooperation: A Survey of Federal Chief District Judges

Vertical Consolidation of District Court and Bankruptcy Court Clerks' Offices

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