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Interim Progress Report on Class Action Fairness Act Study

Emery G. Lee, Thomas E. Willging

May 22, 2006

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.

Research on Appeals of Attorney-Fee and Merits Decisions (Fed R Civ P 58(c)(2)) as Presented to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules in May 2006

Rebecca N. Eyre, Thomas E. Willging, Joe S. Cecil

May 1, 2006

In early 2006, the Federal Judicial Center examined the prevalence of the use of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58(c)(2), and the circumstances under which appeals of judgments on the merits and decisions regarding attorney fees can occur at the same time.

Roundtable on the Use of Technology to Facilitate Appearances in Bankruptcy Proceedings

Judicial Conference of the United States, Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System

January 1, 2006

In August 2005, the Federal Judicial Center, at the request of and with assistance from the Subcommittee on Automation of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, held a program at which bankruptcy judges discussed the use of distance participation technol

Attorney Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation: What Difference Does It Make?

Shannon R. Wheatman, Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 2006

This article presents a post-Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) discussion and analysis of data presented previously in An Empirical Examination of Attorneys' Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation

Report of a Survey of Videoconferencing in the Courts of Appeals

Meghan A. Dunn, Rebecca Norwick

January 1, 2006

This report describes the ways in which videoconferencing is used in the courts of appeals.

Citing Unpublished Opinions in Federal Appeals

Robert Timothy Reagan, Meghan A. Dunn, David Guth, Sean Harding, Andrea Henson-Armstrong, Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary, Angelia N. Levy, Jennifer Evans Marsh, Robert J. Niemic

December 21, 2005

At its June 2004 meeting, the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure asked the Appellate Rules Advisory Committee to ask the Federal Judicial Center to conduct empirical research that would help the Standing Committee in its consideration of a proposed new Federal Rule of Appellate

An Empirical Examination of Attorneys' Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation

Thomas E. Willging, Shannon R. Wheatman

December 17, 2005

This article presents attorney responses to a national random survey of 728 attorneys who represented plaintiffs and defendants in 621 recently closed class action cases.

Citations to Unpublished Opinions in the Federal Courts of Appeals: Preliminary Report

Tim Reagan, Meghan A. Dunn, David Guth, Sean Harding, Andrea Henson-Armstrong, Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary, Angelia N. Levy, Jennifer Evans Marsh, Robert J. Niemic

April 14, 2005

The Appellate Rules Advisory Committee has proposed a new Rule 32.1, which would permit attorneys and courts in federal appeals in all circuits to cite unpublished opinions.

Report of a Survey of United States District Judges' Experiences and Views Concerning Rule 11, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

David E. Rauma, Thomas E. Willging

February 24, 2005

A report of the results of a survey completed by 278 of 400 (70%) federal district judges in the winter of 2004-05. The Center conducted the study at the request of the Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.

2003-2004 District Court Case-Weighting Study: Final Report to the Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics of the Committee on Judicial Resources of the Judicial Conference of the United States

Carol L. Krafka, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 2005

Different types of cases impose different work demands on judges. Case weights are a measure of the average time consumed by cases of one type relative to other types.

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Research Reports

Interim Progress Report on Class Action Fairness Act Study

Research on Appeals of Attorney-Fee and Merits Decisions (Fed R Civ P 58(c)(2)) as Presented to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules in May 2006

Roundtable on the Use of Technology to Facilitate Appearances in Bankruptcy Proceedings

Attorney Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation: What Difference Does It Make?

Report of a Survey of Videoconferencing in the Courts of Appeals

Citing Unpublished Opinions in Federal Appeals

An Empirical Examination of Attorneys' Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation

Citations to Unpublished Opinions in the Federal Courts of Appeals: Preliminary Report

Report of a Survey of United States District Judges' Experiences and Views Concerning Rule 11, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

2003-2004 District Court Case-Weighting Study: Final Report to the Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics of the Committee on Judicial Resources of the Judicial Conference of the United States

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