With the proliferation of remote proceedings that was borne out of the recent global pandemic, the advent of trials playing out on a screen—in real time—through videoconference technology, has brought ...

Life-tenured judges play the long game. Last spring, the Judicial Conference adopted, without any debate, a "binding" policy that would force reassignment of cases seeking nationwide relief. After ...

Rule 14(a)(2)(D) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permits the third-party defendant to “assert against the plaintiff any claim arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject ...

Jeff Parness has posted Proposed Amendment to the Federal Civil Procedure Rule 27(c): Federal Presuit Information Preservation Orders on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: Professor Jeffrey A. Parness ...

Determine the type of subpoena to issue based on whether counsel seek to command a witness to: testify at a hearing or trial (for a model subpoena, with explanatory notes and drafting tips, see ...