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

New Cases on Damages

Plaintiffs' decedent was an 18-year-old white, female, high school graduate. Following a wedding reception given by two defendants (the parents of the bride), at which her boyfriend, the third defendant, became intoxicated, he lost control of the ...
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New Federal Law Limiting Y2K Liability

The United States Senate recently passed the "Y2K Act" ("the Act"), which some believe could avoid an economic crisis created by an onslaught of lawsuits against companies with year 2000 computer problems. The Act, sponsored by Senator John McCain ...
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New Federal Y2K Act Reins in Year 2000 Lawsuits

After several months of hard-fought legislative battles, Congress passed the far-reaching Y2K Act on July 1, 1999, and the President signed it days later. Last year's major piece of federal Y2K legislation, the Year 2000 Information and Readiness ...
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New Texas Discovery Rules

The new Texas discovery rules took effect on January 1, 1999, and many of the new rules apply to pending lawsuits. For lawsuits filed after January 1, 1999, the most significant changes relate to Rule 190, which requires that every case be governed ...
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New Virginia Laws Affect Employers

The 2000 Virginia General Assembly has passed two laws, which will affect Virginia employers beginning July 1, 2000. They are ...
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Ninth Circuit Modifies Presumption of Reliance Opinion

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has modified its March 30, 1999 decision in Binder v. Gillespie, which held, among other things, that plaintiffs are not entitled to a presumption of reliance when they base their federal securities fraud ...
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No-Evidence Summary Judgments And Other Related Developments

This paper will examine several appellate decisions construing and applying the no-evidence summary judgment rule, Rule 166a(i), which went into effect September 1, 1997. Since then, the appellate courts have addressed several questions that have ...
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No Rule 26 Right to Daubert Costs

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in BullsEye, a newsletter distributed by IMS Expert Services. A federal discovery rule requiring an opposing party to pay expert-related fees and expenses does not apply to pretrial Daubert ...
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Online Billing: Submitting Legal Invoices Electronically

Most legal invoices still get submitted the old fashion way, on paper. But some corporate law departments are beginning to request outside counsel law firms to submit their bills electronically. Is electronic billing just the latest fad, or is this ...
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Overview of Proposed Privacy Standards for Electronic Health Information

The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a proposed rule on November 3, 1999, regarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information (the "Rule").1 Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of ...
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