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Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide

Peter S. Menell, David S. Almeling, Victoria A. Cundiff, James H. A. Pooley, Elizabeth A. Rowe, Peter J. Toren, Rebecca Wexler

July 13, 2023

The Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide provides judges with a comprehensive resource for surveying trade secret law and managing trade secret litigation. Chapters are organized according to the stages of litigation and guided by an early case management checklist.

Jurisdictions with a High Number of Civil Jury Trials

Emery G. Lee, Kristin A. Garri

March 8, 2023

This report fulfills the Center’s requirement under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. No.

Voter Identification in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone

March 7, 2023

Morris v. City of Lawrence (Rya W. Zobel, D. Mass. 1:01-cv-11889)

Electronic Filing in State Courts

Marie Leary, Jana E. Laks

November 22, 2022

This report presents the results of an analysis of electronic filing practices in state courts to identify courts that require attorneys to complete electronic filings on the due date before a certain time other than midnight local time.

Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP) − Final Report

Emery G. Lee, Jason A. Cantone

November 1, 2022

This study presents findings related to the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP) project in new civil cases initiated in district courts. The Center conducted the study at the request of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.

National Security Case Studies: Special Case-Management Challenges, Seventh Edition

Robert Timothy Reagan

August 28, 2022

Cases involving national security often pose unusual and challenging case-management issues for the courts.

Jury-Trial Demands in Terminated Civil Cases, Fiscal Years 2010–2019

Kristin A. Garri, Emery G. Lee

June 15, 2022

This report summarizes findings on jury-trial demands from court electronic records for civil cases terminated in fiscal years 2010–2019.

Civil Litigation Management Manual, Third Edition

Judicial Conference of the United States, Committee on Court Administration and Case Management

June 13, 2022

This manual provides trial judges a handbook on managing civil cases. It sets out a wide array of case-management techniques, beginning with early case screening and concluding with steps for streamlining trials and final disposition.

Federal Courts’ Electronic Filing by Pro Se Litigants

Tim Reagan, Carly E. Giffin, Roy P. Germano

May 10, 2022

We learned from several dozen federal clerks of court and members of their staffs that pro se litigants are sometimes able to file electronically using the federal courts’ Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system, but many courts are hesitant to allow pro se filing in CM/ECF.

Federal Securities Law, Fourth Edition

Thomas Lee Hazen

April 26, 2022

Federal Securities Law (Fourth Edition) examines the statutory framework for the issues that federal judges are most likely to encounter in federal securities litigation.

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