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Interim Progress Report on Class Action Fairness Act Study This interim progress report on the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 was presented to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on May 22, 2006. The report examines class action filing trends from July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2005, in three federal district courts and includes data on the first four months after CAFA went into effect. Future reports will present the results of statistical tests of the impact of CAFA on federal courts across the country. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 23 | May 22, 2006 |
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Issues re Proposed Amendments to FRE 706 Letter to Professor Daniel J. Capra, Reporter, Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence. |
Federal Rules of Evidence, Fed. R. Evid. 706 | January 27, 1997 |
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Judges' Class Action Notice and Claims Process Checklist and Plain Language Guide The checklist provides overall guidance on notice and notice plan development and provides guidance for improving class actions claims processes. A graphical plain language notice guide explains and highlights the important features of the illustrative notices. For more on class action notices, see: Illustrative Forms of Class Action Notices. This checklist is referenced in the Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition, p. 11 as Notice Checklist and Plain Language Guide. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 23 | January 1, 2010 |
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Jury-Trial Demands in Terminated Civil Cases, Fiscal Years 2010–2019 This report summarizes findings on jury-trial demands from court electronic records for civil cases terminated in fiscal years 2010–2019. |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | June 15, 2022 |
| Letter from FISA Court Presiding Judge Walton to Senate Judiciary Committee | Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure | July 29, 2013 |
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Likely Consequences of Amendments to Rule 68, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure A report that uses trial attorneys' responses to a Center survey concerning 800 federal civil cases in assessing proposed amendments to Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 to make it more effective in encouraging settlement and reducing litigation. The results indicate that a more effective Rule 68 would be well received by most attorneys and would likely influence litigation in about 50% of civil cases, resulting in more and earlier settlements at reduced expense and with limited effects for litigants of modest means. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 68 | January 1, 1995 |
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Local-Counsel Requirements for Practice in Federal District Courts This report, which was prepared for the standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure’s subcommittee on attorney admissions, summarizes when and where federal district courts require local counsel to participate in litigation and attorney admissions to the district courts’ bars. |
Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure | April 24, 2024 |
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Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges [superseded] This guide is designed to help federal judges manage the increased number of class actions expected as a result of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. As called for in that legislation, the guide is part of a continuing effort of the federal judiciary to identify "best practices" for managing class actions and ensuring that class action settlements primarily benefit class members. Superseded by Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition (2009). |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 23 | January 1, 2005 |
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Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition [Superseded] 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). This second edition includes a new section on determining federal jurisdiction that incorporates case-management practices and judicial interpretations of CAFA. This edition also includes suggestions for judicial review and administration of class settlements, especially regarding the disclosure of claims rates and actual payments to class members. Superseded by Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition (2010). |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 23 | January 1, 2009 |
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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. It also includes suggestions for judicial review and administration of class settlements, especially regarding the disclosure of claims rates and actual payments to class members. This third edition includes an expanded treatment of the notice and claims processes. Revisions are concentrated in parts III and IV. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 23 | January 1, 2010 |