Rule 11 reforms are criticized; group urges rejection
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The Bench-Bar Proposal to Revise Civil Procedure Rule 11 is critical of the Rule 11 amendments proposed by the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, a branch of the U.S. Judicial Conference, and feels the judge-attorney ratio in the committee's membership also needs to be altered. The Bench-Bar body has proposed its own version of Rule 11 changes. It feels that rule-making procedures have developed from a bar-led to a bench-led system and that this leads to questionable results since bench and bar tend to be on opposing sides of this issue.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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New disclosure rules attacked; at first hearing on Hill
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A subcommittee of the House of Representative is considering changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure drafted and approved by the US Judicial Conference. They include more leniency in the sanctions of frivolous suits under Rule 11 and mandatory pre-trial disclosure of certain relevant information under an amended Rule 26(a)(1). The latter has drawn much testimony in opposition, including complaints that this mandate would increase ancillary disputes and raise ethical questions.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Rules changes go to Congress; on sanctions, discovery
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The US Supreme Court sent Congress a package of suggested changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on Apr 22, 1992. The court approved these suggestions and sent them on to Congress after receiving them rom the US Judicial Conference. Changes to the discovery rules would require parties in federal courts to exchange 'core information' without formal discovery requests. Rule 11 sanctions would become discretionary rather than mandatory.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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