At a recent meeting, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States discussed, at an early stage, potential amendments to the federal class action rule, as well ...

After seven years of meetings, public hearings, revisions, and written comments, on April 9, 2024, the Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Civil Rules unanimously voted to advance a new ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules addressed transparency in litigation funding during its meeting Thursday. The committee said it would look into creating a subcommittee to ...

The clients on both sides of a civil lawsuit usually have at least one thing in common: they don't like being in a lawsuit. They want it over as soon as possible. And, yes, they would like to win too.