This is FindLaw's collection of Civil Procedure articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. It is the body of law surrounding procedural rules detailing how the court will handle a civil case. Civil procedure is a set of rules that help determine what pleas, orders and motions are allowed, as well as how to handle depositions and discovery. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, adopted by the US federal court in 1938, has been used by most states. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
Civil Procedure
Civil Procedure Articles
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E-Mail and Attorney-Client Privilege
FindLaw's look at attorney-client privilege in the context of email communications and the increasing potential for electronic interception.
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In House Counsel and the Attorney Client Privilege
FindLaw's discussion of how the Attorney-Client Privilege applies in the context of in-house counsel and steps that can be taken to preserve confidentiality.
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The Attorney-Client Privilege: Slicing The Lines of Distinction More Thinly
FindLaw's examination of how courts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania draw the line between the attorney-client and work product privileges.
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Attorney-Client Privilege
FindLaw's review of Supreme Court precent related to the broad scope of attorney-client privilege and its application even beyond the death of the client.
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Summary of the Rules of Evidence
We can only cover both the federal and California law of evidence in a brief essay like this by a ruthless process of selection and compression. What we will cover can best be thought of as that essential kernel of the law of evidence that the ...
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How Companies Can Reduce the Costs and Risks Associated with Electronic Discovery
Email is a hybrid form of communication. Email affords employees the opportunity to communicate casually, as they would in a typical conversation, even though a permanent record may be created.
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Mediation from a Plaintiff's Perspective
A very few years ago mediation never even came into our vernacular. For the majority of most of our professional careers, there were mandatory settlement conferences scheduled by the courts and that was the time that settlement was discussed, not ...
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Major California Legislation Enacted in 1997 Relating to Hazardous Materials
Prior law required the Director of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to convene an advisory committee by June 30, 1994 to conduct a comprehensive review of the policies, methods and guidelines followed by the boards, departments and ...
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Labor & Employment Update: January 1999
In October, U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken granted a preliminary injunction to United Airlines Inc., blocking San Francisco from enforcing its domestic partner benefits ordinance against United. The ordinance requires...
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Labor & Employment Update: January 1998
In this issue: Employers throughout the country are implementing arbitration programs to resolve workplace disputes regarding issues such as wrongful termination, sexual harassment and employment discrimination. In a recent California decision the ...