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Exhibit III-2. Sample Discovery Order

January 1, 2009

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

January 1, 2009

Exhibit III-5. Sample Order on Omnibus Objections to Claims

January 1, 2009

Exhibit III-1. Sample Scheduling Order

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.

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

FJC Research Brief, No. 2: Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000

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

December 1, 2007

For the full 33-page report see Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000 (2007).

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

Emery G. Lee, Thomas E. Willging

April 16, 2007

The Federal Judicial Center has undertaken a long-term study of the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) on the resources of the federal courts.

FJC Research Brief, No. 1: The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Thomas E. Willging, Emery G. Lee

April 1, 2007

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

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Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure

Exhibit III-2. Sample Discovery Order

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

Exhibit III-5. Sample Order on Omnibus Objections to Claims

Exhibit III-1. Sample Scheduling Order

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

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

FJC Research Brief, No. 2: Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000

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

FJC Research Brief, No. 1: The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

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