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Patent Claim Construction: A Survey of Federal District Court Judges

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.

The Use of Courtrooms in U.S. District Courts: A Report to the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration & Case Management

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.

FJC Research Brief, No. 2: Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000

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).

A Quarter-Century of Summary Judgment Practice in Six Federal 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

Progress Report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on the Impact of CAFA on the Federal Courts

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.

Initial Report on Summary Judgment Practice Across Districts with Variations in Local Rules

Joe S. Cecil, George W. Cort

November 2, 2007

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.

Estimates of Summary Judgment Activity in Fiscal Year 2006

George W. Cort, Joe S. Cecil

June 15, 2007

Brady v. Maryland Material in the United States District Courts: Rules, Orders, and Policies

Laural L. Hooper, Shelia Thorpe

May 31, 2007

An update of Treatment of Brady v.

The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Emery G. Lee, Thomas E. Willging

April 16, 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.

FJC Research Brief, No. 1: The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Thomas E. Willging, Emery G. Lee

April 1, 2007

The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.

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