A Tour de Force: Draconian Proposed Changes To The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure Withdrawn Congratulations—we marshaled our resources well and were successful! Our collective voices challenging the proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were heard by the Advisory...
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On March 1, 2013, NELA submitted comments to the U.S. Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules concerning potential changes to certain civil discovery rules that the Advisory Committee will discuss at its April 2013 meeting. #FederalRules #LegislativePublicPolicy
NELA Comments 2.18.1411.pdf
NELA submitted these comments in response to proposals being promulgated by the Duke Subcommittee of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee for consideration at the Advisory Committee's April 2013 meeting in Norman, Oklahoma. #FederalRules
NELA Comments to Advisory Committee on Duke Conference Rule Changes_Final_030113.pdf
*UPDATE: This document has been edited to reflect the correct mailing address for submission of requests to testify.* The Judicial Conference of the United States is proposing to change drastically the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to limit discovery significantly. On August 15, 2013, a...
Template for Public Comments with Chart_08 16 2013.pdf
This fact sheet, prepared by the Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School, describes what is at stake with the proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and describes how you can get involved in stopping them. #FederalRules
CJDFederalRulesHandout.pdf
This document contains a list of the judges and practitioners who serve on the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure of the U.S. Judicial Conference. If you have close connections with any of these individuals, we encourage you to reach out...
Members - Standing Committee and Advisory Committee.pdf
This document contains charts that detail the package of proposed changes being considered by the Judicial Conference of the United States and provide the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules’s rationale for each proposal. Table 1 contains the proposed changes that NELA recommends its members...
Chart - Proposed Changes to the Federal Rules_08 16 20132.pdf
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This article appeared in The Third Branch, the official newsletter of the federal judiciary. The article summarizes the recently adopted Initial Discovery Protocols For Employment Cases and includes commentary from Judge John G. Koeltl (S.D.N.Y.), who directed the committee that developed the...
The Third Branch_Employment Discovery Protocols Article_Feb 2012.pdf
NELA developed this Fact Sheet to help NELA members and other workers' rights advocates understand the recently adopted Initial Discovery Protocols For Employment Discrimination Cases, as well as to provide background information on the development of the protocols, summarize the benefits...
NELA Fact Sheet_Implementating The Initial Discovery Protocols_Feb 2012.pdf
These Protocols were developed over the course of eighteen months by a joint committee consisting of NELA members and members of the management bar. The project was supervised by Judge John G. Koeltl (S.D.N.Y.), and the final protocols were adopted by the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee...
Initial Discovery Protocols For Employment Cases_Nov 2011.pdf