Civil Procedure
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.
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Civil Procedure Articles
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Corporate Scandals: Four Questions
With a few exceptions, in-house lawyers have fared much better than most other stakeholders in the many corporate scandals that have occurred this year. Accountants, CEOs, investment bankers and stock analysts have undergone much public scorn and ...
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Corporate Tax Litigation in Canada
The most important event in Canadian tax litigation was the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on June 24, 2004, to hear two tax cases involving the general anti-avoidance rule ("GAAR"). The cases, Kaulius v. The Queen1 and The Queen v. Canada ...
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Could Your Sexual Harassmant Investigation be Subject to the Requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act?
Yes, according to a recent opinion letter from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Why should you be concerned about compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)? Employers have always had a number of strategic issues to consider when ...
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Court Finds Attorney-Client Privilege Waived by Failure toPreserve Evidence When IP Enforcement WasContemplated
A recent decision in the long-running battle between Rambus and Infineon Technologies over the enforcement of Rambus's patents and Rambus's role in a standard-setting organization spells dire consequences for failure to preserve evidence when ...
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Court Finds That Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion In Breaking 400 Plaintiff Case Into Trial Groups Of 20 And Abating Discovery As To Remaining Plaintiffs:
In mass tort cases it is not an abuse of discretion for a trial court to break the number of plaintiffs into smaller trial groups and abate discovery as to the remaining plaintiffs. However, in cases involving toxic torts, Plaintiffs must adequately ...
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Court Halts Overpayment Recoupment
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida entered an Order on June 25, 1997 enjoining the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("Secretary") from recouping alleged overpayments from a class of Florida podiatrists and ...
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Court of Appeals Allows Gerrymandered Settlement
Texas Workers' Compensation Fund v. Jose Serrano, et al., No. 13-95-482-CV, Court of Appeals (Tex. Civ. App. - Corpus Christi 1999). Jose Serrano, a Mexican citizen, was severely injured when he was pinned between a truck and trailer, paralyzing him ...
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Courting The Clinician Presenting Neuropsychological Evidence In Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation*
Article originally published in the Clinical News psychologist, 1997, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 445-453, Swets & Zeitlinger, The Netherlands. The purpose of this paper is to educate the reader about some of the issues involved in presenting ...
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Courts and Civil Procedure in Virginia: 1997
Several pieces of new legislation extend immunity from liability to certain classes of individuals, including teachers, doctors and architects under certain circumstances. One bill, effective immediately, grants immunity from civil damages to ...
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Credit Applications And Credit Sales-Part II
Despite taking the appropriate precautions concerning new customers, or despite a well-established, long-standing relationship with an old customer, it is inevitable that you will face a situation where the customer has not paid within your terms ...
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