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

Low-Tech, Low-Cost Document Automation Systems

What's the best way to manage and retrieve documents? Try this three-level approach to workable knowledge management systems. Knowledge may be experience. But for legal professionals, that experience is manifested mostly in words. That makes legal ...
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March 2004 Insurance Law Alert

Ieropoli v. AC&S Corp., 2004 Pa. LEXIS 146 (2004) In December 2001, Pennsylvania legislators enacted a law that limited asbestos-related liabilities of corporations that were incorporated in Pennsylvania prior to May 1, 2001, where those ...
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Maryland High Court Rejects Virginia Service of Process Rule On Maryland Residents

The Maryland Court of Appeals recently decided a case that will have far reaching effect on out-of-state lawsuits involving Maryland residents. In Miserandino v. Resort Properties, Inc., 345 Md. 43, 691 A.2d 208 (1997), cert. filed, - U.S. - (July ...
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Mass Disaster: A Victim’s Guide

If you are reading this guide as a result of a catastrophic tragedy that has just occurred, please accept our sincerest condolences for this unfortunate event and the grief and emotional distress that you are experiencing. Our only motive in ...
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Mass Disaster Victim’s Guide

This brochure has been prepared by The Missouri Bar. The fact that you are reading this brochure now means that either you or a family member may have been involved in a mass disaster a man-made or natural event which involves multiple victims. It ...
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Mediating Probate Disputes or Herding Cats

The Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures Act (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Title 7, Chapter 154) authorizes the court, on the motion of either party or on the court's own motion, to refer a pending case for mandatory ...
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Mediation: An Effective Process to Resolve Complex Commercial Disputes

With the continuing rise in litigation costs coupled with the length of time it takes to fully litigate most complex commercial disputes, mediation provides an effective alternative technique for dispute resolution. Whatever the issue involved in a ...
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Mediation Can Be Binding

Mediation is non-binding. That statement is true, but only up to and until a settlement agreement is reached. In a recent case from the Tennessee Court of Appeals, the Court held that, absent fraud or mistake, once the agreement was reached, the ...
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Mediation Is Not For Sissies

Last month, a reporter from the Los Angeles Daily Journal asked me a question about mediation which gave me quite a chuckle. The topic was the exciting mediation program which Judge Robert Letteau has pioneered in the Probate Department of the Los ...
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Mediation Plus: An Inexpensive Way to Dispose of International Disputes

Mediation plus is the combination of known dispute resolution devices in an effort to circumvent the morass of litigation and arbitration, while still retaining the useful features of each. Mediation plus, while it may use more people than pure ...
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