federal rules

• Litigation: Rule 68 offers of judgment—A matter of clarity

  By Jim Steele  |  May 9, 2013

  Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is designed to encourage settlement and avoid litigation and its associated costs.

• Will changes to the federal rules reduce e-discovery burdens?

  By Philip Favro  |  May 3, 2013

  You have heard this one before

• Litigation: The interplay of residency requirements and subpoenas in aid of foreign litigation

  By Peter Altman, Andrew Newman  |  June 21, 2012

  While many foreign jurisdictions do not permit the plenary discovery afforded to litigants in U.S. courts, an increasing number of foreign litigants are taking advantage of a liberal discovery regime implemented by Congress to aid foreign litigations.

• E-discovery: Using an early conference to prevent later claims

  By Alvin Lindsay  |  June 19, 2012

  They were seemingly minor amendments.

• Arguing over e-discovery amendments

  By Julie Beck  |  May 30, 2012

  The debate over whether the Federal Rules need to include more guidance on e-discovery

• E-discovery: Identifying relevant ESI without breaking the bank

  By Gregory Schodde  |  April 23, 2012

  Even before defining an ESI problem, the first step in most models for ESI discovery is some kind of identification effort.

• E-discovery: Litigating in forums without e-discovery rules

  By Matthew Prewitt  |  January 31, 2012

  Given the rapid evolution of e-discovery in the federal courts, it is easy to forget that, only five years ago, the e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure had just taken effect, and most federal district courts had not yet adopted any local rules or standing orders addressing...