In 2010, the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules requested a study of motions for sanctions based on an allegation that the nonmoving party had destroyed evidence, especially electronically stored information (ESI).
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
Clerk of the Court Loretta G. Whyte sends the Administrative Office a copy of an order amending Rules 2.01E and 2.04E of the Local Rules of the United for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Order signed by Chief Judge Morey L. Sear