Federal civil rulemaking—the process by which the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are created and maintained—has simultaneously been described as a crisis and a crowning achievement. This Article departs from this binary and pragmatically turns to a consideration of how the committee operates. Using the lens of discovery reform, this Article examines how the rulemaking process has evolved over the past 35 years. The ups and downs of discovery reform have inspired the committee to adopt many modern rulemaking innovations. Those innovations, this Article argues, are critical to the success of the rulemaking process because they provide rulemakers with better information. Finally, discovery reform and the committee’s responsive innovations ar...
This Article examines how the federal courts have balanced the burdens of supplementation of discove...
Discovery reforms invariably have unexpected consequences. But the growth of electronically stored i...
This Article provides a foundational structural analysis underlying the federal procedural system an...
Federal civil rulemaking—the process by which the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are created and m...
Federal civil rulemaking—the process by which the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are created and m...
The recent resolve of the Advisory Committee on the Civil Rules to revisit reform of the discovery r...
The 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which were enacted to address the poten...
The purpose of this article is to review the developments in Washington under the discovery rules an...
During what has been called the “Golden Age of Rulemaking,” giants trod the soil of rulemaking. Draw...
Following the adoption of the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to discove...
This Article addresses the myriad problems posed by unfettered discovery in the United States Rather...
[W]ithout a corresponding change in discovery culture by courts, counsel and clients alike, the prop...
Traditionally, except for the limited role played by pleadings and bills of particulars, the attorne...
This new edition of Cases and Materials on Discovery Practice in the Federal Courts contains detaile...
No more boilerplate in discovery requests or responses. That is the clear message of the 2015 amendm...
This Article examines how the federal courts have balanced the burdens of supplementation of discove...
Discovery reforms invariably have unexpected consequences. But the growth of electronically stored i...
This Article provides a foundational structural analysis underlying the federal procedural system an...
Federal civil rulemaking—the process by which the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are created and m...
Federal civil rulemaking—the process by which the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are created and m...
The recent resolve of the Advisory Committee on the Civil Rules to revisit reform of the discovery r...
The 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which were enacted to address the poten...
The purpose of this article is to review the developments in Washington under the discovery rules an...
During what has been called the “Golden Age of Rulemaking,” giants trod the soil of rulemaking. Draw...
Following the adoption of the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to discove...
This Article addresses the myriad problems posed by unfettered discovery in the United States Rather...
[W]ithout a corresponding change in discovery culture by courts, counsel and clients alike, the prop...
Traditionally, except for the limited role played by pleadings and bills of particulars, the attorne...
This new edition of Cases and Materials on Discovery Practice in the Federal Courts contains detaile...
No more boilerplate in discovery requests or responses. That is the clear message of the 2015 amendm...
This Article examines how the federal courts have balanced the burdens of supplementation of discove...
Discovery reforms invariably have unexpected consequences. But the growth of electronically stored i...
This Article provides a foundational structural analysis underlying the federal procedural system an...