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A Study of the Role and Impact of Special Masters in Patent Cases

Jay P. Kesan, Gwendolyn G. Ball

March 25, 2009

Report of a study of the use of special masters in patent litigation.

Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition [Superseded]

Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 2009

This pocket guide is designed to help federal judges manage the increased number of class action cases filed in or removed to federal courts as a result of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA).

Form 52: Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge

January 1, 2009

Exhibit III-1. Sample Scheduling Order

January 1, 2009

Exhibit III-7. Sample Order Regarding Estimation of Claims Through Summary Trial

January 1, 2009

Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act on the Federal Courts: Preliminary Findings from Phase Two's Pre-CAFA Sample of Diversity Class Actions

Emery G. Lee, Thomas E. Willging, George W. Cort, Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary, Angelia N. Levy, D. Dean P. Miletich, Robert J. Niemic, Shelia Thorpe

November 1, 2008

The preliminary findings presented in this report suggest that, in diversity class actions, there is less to class allegations than one would expect.

Report on Summary Judgment Practice Across Districts with Variations in Local Rules

Joe S. Cecil, George W. Cort

August 13, 2008

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules asked the Federal Judicial Center to examine summary judgment practice across federal district courts as a means of assessing the potential impact of proposed amendments to Rul

Form 13: Minute Order Regarding Initial Disclosures, Joint Status Report, and Early Settlement

April 16, 2008

The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 on the Federal Courts: Fourth Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Emery G. Lee, Thomas E. Willging

April 1, 2008

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) (Pub. L. No. 109-2, 119 Stat. 4 (2005)) expanded the federal courts' diversity of citizenship jurisdiction over class action litigation. Congress's intent was, in part, to shift some class action litigation from the state courts to the federal courts.

A Quarter-Century of Summary Judgment Practice in Six Federal District Courts

Joe S. Cecil, Rebecca N. Eyre, D. Dean P. Miletich, David Rindskopf

December 1, 2007

Report of a Federal Judicial Center study of summary judgment practice in six federal district courts during six time periods over twenty-five years (1975-2000), to determine whether summary judgment activity has increased over time and to what extent changes in summary judgment practice are due

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

A Study of the Role and Impact of Special Masters in Patent Cases

Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition [Superseded]

Form 52: Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge

Exhibit III-1. Sample Scheduling Order

Exhibit III-7. Sample Order Regarding Estimation of Claims Through Summary Trial

Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act on the Federal Courts: Preliminary Findings from Phase Two's Pre-CAFA Sample of Diversity Class Actions

Report on Summary Judgment Practice Across Districts with Variations in Local Rules

Form 13: Minute Order Regarding Initial Disclosures, Joint Status Report, and Early Settlement

The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 on the Federal Courts: Fourth Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

A Quarter-Century of Summary Judgment Practice in Six Federal District Courts

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