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Past and Potential Uses of Empirical Research in Civil Rulemaking

Thomas E. Willging

April 1, 2002

This article describes some of the advantages, disadvantages, potential benefits, and limitations of conducting empirical research to inform the civil rulemaking process.

Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: A Preliminary Analysis

Joe S. Cecil, George W. Cort, D. Dean P. Miletich

November 1, 2001

The drop in trial rate in civil cases over the past three decades prompts many hypotheses about the cause. One possible explanation is an increase in dispositive motions, especially motions for summary judgment.

Auctioning the Role of Class Counsel in Class Action Cases: A Descriptive Study

Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary

August 29, 2001

A study conducted by the Center to provide the Third Circuit Task Force on Selection of Class Counsel information on judges who have employed an auction or bidding method to select class counsel.

Securities Class Action: Language for Envelope

May 10, 2001

Special Masters' Incidence and Activity: Report to the Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and Its Subcommittee on Special Masters

Thomas E. Willging, Laural L. Hooper, Marie Leary, D. Dean P. Miletich, Robert Timothy Reagan, John E. Shapard

August 9, 2000

The Special Masters' Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference asked the Center to examine how often judges appointed special masters and what functions they asked masters to perform.

Mass Torts Problems and Proposals: A Report to the Mass Torts Working Group (Appendix C)

Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 1999

The Mass Torts Working Group, appointed in 1998 by the Chief Justice, asked the Center to conduct a literature review examining problems related to mass torts and to discuss proposals for resolving those problems. This report is the result of that research.

Numerical and Durational Limitations on Discovery Events as Adopted in Federal Local Rules and State Practices

Marie Leary

February 1, 1998

Conducted at the request of Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, the report describes the local rules or practices in all ninety-four federal districts regarding numerical limitations on interrogatories and depositions and durational limits on depositions.

Discovery and Disclosure Practice, Problems, and Proposals for Change: A Case-based National Survey of Counsel in Closed Federal Civil Cases

Thomas E. Willging, John E. Shapard, Donna J. Stienstra, D. Dean P. Miletich

January 1, 1997

At the request of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, the Center conducted a study of the discovery process, examining the extent to which discovery is used, the frequency and nature of problems in discovery, the impact of the 1993 amendments, and whether additional rule ch

Protective Order Activity in Three Federal Judicial Districts: Report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Melissa J. Pecherski, George W. Cort

April 16, 1996

This report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules summarized work underway at the Federal Judicial Center concerning protective orders, confidential settlement agreements, and other sealed court records.

Implementation of Disclosure in United States District Courts, With Specific Attention to Courts' Responses to Selected Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 [Superseded]

Donna J. Stienstra

March 22, 1996

Report on the federal district courts' responses to the 1993 amendments to FRCP 26. Tables describe courts' local rules, general orders, and CJRA plans by indicating which of five key provisions of Rule 26 are in effect.

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