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Andrea Looney Named Executive Director Of Lawyers For Civil Justice
As a partnership of leading corporate counsel and defense bar practitioners, LCJ forges alliances among its members and works to restore and maintain balance in the civil justice system. The LCJ Board of Directors unanimously voted in favor of bringing Andrea on to lead LCJ into a new era of...
Read MoreMessage To Corporate Counsel From Lawyers For Civil Justice (LCJ): Please Express Your Support For Proposed Rules Governing E-Discovery No Later Than February 15
Barry Bauman is the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ). Editor’s Note: Links to underlined references can be found on the version of this article on our website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com. On August 15, 2013, the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee...
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Why Rule Reform? Why Now?
On December 5, the general counsel of four major American corporations urgently called upon their outside counsel to fully engage in the ongoing effort to support the proposed revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure pertaining to discovery and e-discovery. Their clarion call, issued...
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Proposed Rules Address The Costs And Burdens Of Modern Discovery Practice
Editor: During your term as President of Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ), the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules published (on August 15) a proposal to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in order to address the costs and burdens of modern discovery practice (proposed rules). Why was there...
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The Proposed Rules: Light At The End Of The E-Discovery Tunnel
We are pleased to present this discussion of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which represent great progress toward addressing issues that have contributed to the onerous burdens and high costs related to e-discovery, such as over-preservation, failure to apply...
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Update On Lawyers For Civil Justice Rules Project: Reducing The Costs And Burdens Of Civil Litigation
FRCP Project Overview LCJ is committed to achieving meaningful reform of the civil justice system by advocating amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that govern preservation, discovery and cost allocation. The May 2013 meeting took place at a very important time because, for the...
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Lawyers For Civil Justice; Standing For Fairness And Meaningful Reform In U.S. Civil Litigation
Editor: Congratulations on being elected president of Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ). To start our discussion, can you please recap the major initiatives LCJ is undertaking? Williams: LCJ has long advocated rule reforms that would make the civil justice system fairer and more efficient. We are...
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