It was mostly facts and figures on the first day of a judicial conference at Duke University School of Law as judges, attorneys and scholars gathered to talk litigation reform. Drawing a single message from an avalanche of statistics was a challenge for participants, but common threads emerged. Most attorneys don't want a broad-scale overhaul of civil procedure rules. Most want judicial intervention early to control discovery, and many welcome tailoring pretrial rules for certain cases, including civil rights and employment.
May 11, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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It was mostly facts and figures on the first day of a judicial conference at Duke University School of Law as judges, attorneys and scholars gathered from around the country to talk litigation reform.
Some 200 participants were deluged with statistics from roughly two dozen surveys and studies that pinpointed the frustrations practitioners and the judiciary experience with pleadings and discovery in the federal court system.
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