The justices codified active case management in the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. The rules are an attempt by the state Supreme Court to streamline cases and increase efficiency, according to an ...

The new year begins with changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure that took effect on Jan. 1. Florida’s trial courts manage more than two million civil case filings annually and to boost the resolution ...

As the process of amending the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) enters a critical juncture, most discussion and attention (including here at The Legal Pulse) have deservedly focused on proposed ...

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(k)(1)(B) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(k)(1)(B), the so-called "bulge rule," Serving a summons or filing a waiver of service establishes personal ...

A Trump administration memo issued to executive branch department and agency heads on March 6 stated that “it is the policy of the United States to demand that parties seeking injunctions against the ...

Unless there is a change to the way that interlocutory costs are dealt with, ?Seamus Smyth foresees a return to pre-CPR summary assessment You have succeeded on an interlocutory application lasting ...

Earlier this month the Ninth Circuit decided Proctor v. Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (No. 07-16527), 2009 WL 3260535, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22254. The opinion addresses the substantive requirements for ...