Discovery And Disclosure Practice Problems And Proposals For Change

The Center prepared this report at the request of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules to provide an empirical context for the Committee's consideration of the need for change in the discovery rules. Based on responses from nearly 1,200 attorneys nationwide, the report provides a timely assessment of the effects of the 1993 amendments to the discovery rules, including initial disclosure. It also provides information about discovery costs in the context of the overall costs of civil litigation, about problems experienced by attorneys in a sample of recently terminated cases, and about attorneys' preferences for rule revisions and other changes that might improve discovery.

"[Report presented at]...Boston College symposium sponsored by the Committee on September 4-5, 1997"-- p. v.

This edition of The Rules of Civil Procedure includes the Rules in full text in Part 1, followed in Part 2 by selected Advisory Committee Notes. This arrangement makes the most frequently used material (the Rules themselves) readily available for classroom use and study. Also included in this book are selected Rules of Appellate Procedure (Part 3), the U.S. Constitution (Part 4), selected federal statutes governing courts and matters of jurisdiction (Part 5), the Rules of Evidence (Part 6), and new notes and cases relating to Civil Procedure (Part 7).

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Resources for Study: 2021-2022 Statutory Supplement

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, With Resources for Study, 2023-2024