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Jay P. Kesan, Gwendolyn G. Ball
March 25, 2009

Report of a study of the use of special masters in patent litigation.

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.

Joe S. Cecil, George W. Cort
August 13, 2008

The Judicial Conference 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 proposed amendments to Rul

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.

Marie Leary
April 1, 2008

At its Fall 2007 meeting, the Appellate Rules Advisory Committee discussed the current circuit split over whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 7 authorizes the inclusion of attorney fees in a bond for costs on appeal.

Rebecca N. Eyre, Joe S. Cecil, Eric Topor
January 1, 2008

This report presents the results of a survey of federal district court judges regarding their use of patent litigation case management and claim construction procedures.

Carol L. Krafka, Donna J. Stienstra, Patricia A. Lombard, Rebecca N. Eyre
January 1, 2008

At the request of the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management, the Federal Judicial Center conducted a study of the use of courtrooms in the U.S. 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

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).

Emery G. Lee, Thomas E. Willging
November 8, 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.

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