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Southern District Launches Pilot Project for Complex Civil Cases

December 20, 2011
New York Law Journal

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York launched a pilot project aimed at improving pretrial case management of complex civil cases. This article highlights some of the key aspects of the project, which was designed to address concerns pertaining to costs and delays voiced by clients and members of the bar, and impose some proportionality on the time and resources spent by the courts and parties alike.


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Work E-Mail: Clients Beware

October 19, 2011
New York Law Journal
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Consulting With Your Client During Deposition

August 16, 2011
New York Law Journal
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Clock Ticks On: No ‘American Pipe’ Tolling of Statutes of Repose

June 21, 2011
New York Law Journal
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Broad Judgment Enforcement In New York Federal Courts

April 19, 2011
New York Law Journal
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Gatekeepers and Critics: Judicial Scrutiny of Arbitration

February 15, 2011
New York Law Journal
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Amendment of Expert Discovery Rules

December 1, 2010
New York Law Journal
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SLUSA’s ‘In Connection With’ Rule: How Close Is Close Enough?

October 7, 2010
New York Law Journal
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U.S. Discovery in Foreign Proceedings: Section 1782 and Chevron in Ecuador

August 5, 2010
New York Law Journal
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Flexibility Within Limits: Federal Rules Governing Service of Process

June 3, 2010
New York Law Journal
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Some Nuts and Bolts Of Attorney’s Fees Applications

April 1, 2010
New York Law Journal
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Depositions of Organizations Under Rule 30(b)(6)

February 4, 2010
New York Law Journal
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Can Disqualification Be Avoided?

December 3, 2009
New York Law Journal
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Preliminary Injunctions In Non-Compete Cases

October 1, 2009
New York Law Journal
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Limited Confidentiality Under Protective Orders

August 6, 2009
New York Law Journal
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The Increasingly Important Venue Transfer Motion

June 4, 2009
New York Law Journal
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Invoking the Selection And Compilation Doctrine

April 2, 2009
New York Law Journal
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‘The New Black’: Meditations on Metadata

February 5, 2009
New York Law Journal
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Pretrial Publicity in Criminal Cases: Media Sound Bites, Justice?

January 6, 2009
New York Law Journal
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N.Y. Attorney-General Probes, Proper Role of Federal Courts

December 4, 2008
New York Law Journal
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Heightened Requirements for Class Certification

October 2, 2008
New York Law Journal
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Discovery in Aid of Foreign Proceedings

August 7, 2008
New York Law Journal
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Procedural Aspects of Challenging Punitive Damages

June 5, 2008
New York Law Journal
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Uses, Limitations, Pitfalls of Routine Discovery Devices

April 7, 2008
New york Law Journal
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Constitutional Limitations on Punitive Damages Awards

April 3, 2008
New York Law Journal
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Uses, Limitations, Pitfalls of Routine Discovery Devices

February 7, 2008
New York Law Journal
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Uses, Limitations, Pitfalls of Routine Discovery Devices

February 7, 2008
New York Law Journal
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Defamation, the Internet, and Personal Jurisdiction

January 10, 2008
New York Law Journal

Attorneys Under Fire

October 4, 2007
New York Law Journal
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Governmental Privileges in the Post-9/11 Era

June 7, 2007
New York Law Journal
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Class Action Litigation Reform Update

April 5, 2007
New York Law Journal
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The Supreme Court’s Pleading Trilogy

April 2, 2007
New York Law Journal
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Anti-Suit Injuctions in Aid of Arbitration

February 1, 2007
New York Law Journal
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Cost-Shifting in Discovery

December 14, 2006
New York Law Journal
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2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

October 5, 2006
New York Law Journal
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Standing to Bring Derivative Actions

August 3, 2006
New York Law Journal
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What’s become of ‘Rooker-Feldman’?

June 1, 2006
New York Law Journal
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Removal Jurisdiction—A Continuing Conundrum

April 6, 2006
New York Law Journal
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Directors and Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege

February 2, 2006
New York Law Journal
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Rule 12(e)—New Life for the Motion for a More-Definite Statement

December 8, 2005
New York Law Journal
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To Stay or Not to Stay

October 5, 2005
New York Law Journal
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Personal Jurisdiction and the Internet

August 11, 2005
New York Law Journal
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‘Daubert’ Update: A Word of Caution to Plaintiffs

June 2, 2005
New York Law Journal
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Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Co-Conspirators

April 7, 2005
New York Law Journal
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Privacy and Protective Orders in High-Profile Litigation

February 3, 2005
New York Law Journal
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Recent Class-Certification Decisions

December 2, 2004
New York Law Journal
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Available Discovery From Non-Parties in Arbitration Proceedings

October 7, 2004
New York Law Journal
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Government Litigation and the Deliberative Process Privilege

August 5, 2004
New York Law Journal
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Recent Developments in Removal Jurisdiction

June 3, 2004
New York Law Journal
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Reduced Protection for Discovery from Attorneys

April 1, 2004
New York Law Journal
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Spoliation of Evidence: Attorneys Beware

February 5, 2004
New York Law Journal
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New Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

December 4, 2003
New York Law Journal
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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: Litigation Developments

October 2, 2003
New York Law Journal
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‘Worldcom’: Jurisdiction, Case Management in Complex Litigation

August 7, 2003
New York Law Journal
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Timing, Lies and Videotape

June 5, 2003
New York Law Journal
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Springtime: Electronic Case Filing, New Disclosure-Statement Rule

April 3, 2003
New York Law Journal
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Attorney Client Privilege and Work Product Protection

February 4, 2003
New York Law Journal
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Risk to Confidentiality When Work-Product Is Shown to Auditors?

December 3, 2002
New York Law Journal
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Class Certification Withheld: Failure to Show ‘Typicality, Adequacy’

October 3, 2002
New York Law Journal
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Private Civil RICO Plaintiffs May Seek Injunctive Relief

August 8, 2002
New York Law Journal
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Recent Cases: Attorney Disqualification, ‘Rooker-Feldman’

June 6, 2002
New York Law Journal
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