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The materials listed below, produced or made available by the Center, are related to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure (appellate, bankruptcy, civil, criminal, and evidence).
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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 |
| Letter from FISA Court Presiding Judge Walton to Senate Judiciary Committee | Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure | July 29, 2013 |
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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 |
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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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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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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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Initial Report on Summary Judgment Practice Across Districts with Variations in Local Rules The 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 the proposed amendments to Rule 56. This initial report examined summary judgment practice in the 276,120 civil cases terminated in the federal district courts in Fiscal Year 2006. |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 56 | November 2, 2007 |
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Informing Judicial Recusal Decisions: Party Disclosure of Financial Interests Information - Report to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1 provides for disclosure of financial information from corporate parties in the courts of appeals. The purpose of the rule is to assist appellate judges in identifying if they have financial conflicts of interest for recusal purposes. There is no corresponding national rule governing civil, criminal, and bankruptcy proceedings in the district and bankruptcy courts. The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States is evaluating whether a national rule requiring financial interests disclosure in district and bankruptcy courts is necessary, and if so, how the rule should be structured. To inform its work, the Committee asked the Federal Judicial Center to study the practices and variations in methods used in appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts where financial information from parties is currently being filed. The study includes the courts of appeals, because many of them have local rules on disclosure that supplement the requirements set forth in FRAP 26.1. |
Fed. R. App. P. 26.1 | January 1, 1999 |
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Implementation of the Disclosure Provisions in Federal Rule Civil Procedure 26 by the United States Bankruptcy Courts This is an update to the FJC's 1995 study of the implementation of Rule 26 disclosure provisions by the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts. This update includes new data on disclosure provisions and related local rules collected from the Bankruptcy Courts during the summer of 2000. The original 1995 study can be found here: |
Fed. R. Civil P. 26 | December 1, 2000 |
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Implementation of Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 by United States Bankruptcy Courts [Superseded] District-by-district summary and chart of local rules or orders adopted by U.S. Bankruptcy courts responding to 1993 amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26. Also summarizes other discovery-related requirements and patterns found in courts' responses to amendments. An updated version of this study was published in December, 2000. It can be found here: |
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fed. R. Civil P. 26 | March 8, 1995 |