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Managing Multidistrict Litigation in Products Liability Cases: A Pocket Guide for Transferee Judges This guide is intended to help judges who receive multidistrict litigation (MDL) products liability assignments to manage MDL cases and to introduce some of the procedures that transferee judges have developed over the years. |
January 1, 2011 |
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Sealing Court Records and Proceedings: A Pocket Guide Court case records and proceedings are presumptively public, but occasionally there are compelling reasons for keeping all or parts of them confidential, sometimes permanently but often only temporarily. This pocket guide summarizes the case law on sealing records and proceedings and presents a useful procedural checklist of seven principles to follow when denying public access. |
December 15, 2010 |
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Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition 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). It includes a section on determining federal jurisdiction that incorporates case-management practices and judicial interpretations of CAFA. |
January 1, 2010 |
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Resource Guide for Managing Capital Cases, Volume II: Habeas Corpus Review of Capital Convictions This guide covers management of cases involving federal habeas corpus review of state and federal capital convictions. |
January 1, 2010 |
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Guide to Research in Federal Judicial History This guide describes the records of the federal courts, as well as records of Congress and the executive branch, that are relevant to researching federal judicial history. Note: Minor updates may occasionally be made to this document. Please consult the electronic version for the most current information.
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January 1, 2010 |
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Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal Trials, Sixth Edition The Manual on Recurring Problems in Criminal Trials (6th ed.) outlines the law governing many of the specific issues and procedural matters that arise frequently in criminal trials. The Sixth Edition added new material and revised the organization and format to enhance usability. Among the topics covered are pro se representation, jury-related matters, disclosure, evidentiary issues, contempt, confessions, and multiple defendants. Circuit splits are also noted. |
January 1, 2010 |
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Immigration Law: A Primer This monograph provides an introduction to and overview of immigration law, with a focus on analyzing issues that arise in litigation. It sets out the legislative history, explains the statutory and administrative regime, and describes the substantive and procedural law relevant to federal judges, including circuit splits. Topics covered include the Real ID Act and its effect on judicial review, categories of admissibility, asylum, deportation, removal, relief, waiver, and remedies. |
January 1, 2009 |
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A Guide to the Judicial Management of Bankruptcy Mega-Cases, Second Edition—Report and Exhibits (update of the 2007 version to incorporate the December 2007 bankruptcy rules amendments) |
January 1, 2009 |
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A Guide to the Judicial Management of Bankruptcy Mega-Cases, Second Edition (update of the 2007 version to incorporate the December 2007 bankruptcy rules amendments) |
January 1, 2009 |
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Mediation & Conference Programs in the Federal Courts of Appeals: A Sourcebook for Judges and Lawyers, Second Edition This sourcebook is a reference guide on mediation and settlement conference programs in the thirteen federal courts of appeals. The Federal Judicial Center published the first edition of this sourcebook in 1997. The changing structure of these programs, and expressed interest from the courts of appeals, made this update necessary. |
January 1, 2006 |