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A Civil Rules Roundtable: The Burden Shifts to the Judges
As the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were about to kick in on December 1, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel caught up with John K. Rabiej, director of the Center for Judicial Studies at Duke Law School. It’s not a stretch to say that if the revised rules were a start-up company, Duke...
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Check It Out! The Rules Amendment Roadshow: Coming to a courthouse near you
After years in the making, the “Avatar” of civil justice, the much-hyped revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, finally come online on December 1. (Only congressional action can block the way now, and observers say that’s about as likely as . . . well, congressional...
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A Power Downshift?
From March to May of this year, the Association of Corporate Counsel set out to paint a demographic portrait of the in-house community. The organization, which represents more than 40,000 in-house lawyers in 85 countries, reached out to 50,000 current, former and prospective members with an online...
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The States of Liability
We admit to being suckers for rankings of all stripes. That very much includes the “Lawsuit Climate Survey” released in September, with much fanfare, by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR). Now in its 10th edition, the survey attempts to chart the “fairness and...
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The Uphill Challenge of In-House Pro Bono
Here’s the good news: Great things are happening today in pro bono. That’s especially true when it comes to corporate pro bono. In-house participation, in the form of unpaid legal services to meet unmet legal needs, is surging. Alas, so is demand. That’s the bad news. More and...
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Reception Will Honor Authors of Critically Acclaimed Commercial Litigation Treatise
On October 26, 2015, Thomson Reuters and the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) will host a reception to honor the 182 principal authors of the new Fourth Edition of their critically acclaimed treatise Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts. The reception, which will be combined...
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Civil Justice Playbook: Pro-Biz Court, Anti-Biz Docket
It must have been a dispiriting U.S. Supreme Court term for Washington Legal Foundation. Indeed, the sense of frustration is palpable in a blog post to the WLF Legal Pulse by General Counsel Mark Chenoweth: “The Supreme Court’s NOT Top 10: Cases the Justices Wrongly Rejected Last...
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