Texas Eastern District Amends Local Rules - July 15, 2008

31 July 2008

Effective May 19, 2008, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas amended its local rules 5.2, 10, 49.1; they also abolished Rule 80. For more information, please see http://www.txed.uscourts.gov/Rules/GeneralOrders/2008/GO-08-08.pdf Popularity: 25% [?]

Pennsylvania State Court Proposes Revisions to Rules of Civil Procedure - July 15, 2008

31 July 2008

The Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System has posted proposed amendments to Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure 3281 (re fixing value of real property) and 2951(a) (re confession of judgment). Comments are due by August 22 and August 15, 2008, respectively. For the full text of the proposed amendments, please see http://origin-www.aopc.org/Index/supctcmtes/civilrulescmte/indexcivilrules.asp. Popularity: 25% [?]

Pennsylvania Eastern District Amends Local Rules 40.1 and 5.1.2 - July 15, 2008

31 July 2008

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania amended its Local Rules 40.1(b)(3)(B) (re assignment of court business) and 5.1.2 (re electronic filing) effective May 13, 2008 and June 5, 2008, respectively. For more information, please see http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/us03003.asp. Popularity: 25% [?]

Ohio State Court Revises Appellate, Civil and Criminal Rules - July 15, 2008

31 July 2008

Effective July 1, 2008, Ohio State Court amended its court rules as follows: Ohio Rules of Appellate Procedure (21, 22, 25.1, and 43) Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure (4, 16, 26, 33, 34, 36, 37, 45, and 86) Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure (10, 24, 43, and 59) The full text of the amendments can be viewed at: http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/Rules/. Popularity: [...]

New York State Court Amends Uniform Rules - July 15, 2008

31 July 2008

Effective May 16, 2008, Uniform Rules 207.4, (Surrogate’s Court E-filing Pilot Program Rules), 208.4 (Civil Court Electronic Filing Pilot Program) and 202.5 (Electronic Filing Rules for the Supreme Court) were amended. For more information, please see http://nycourts.gov/rules/amendments.shtml. Popularity: 24% [?]

Mississippi Amends Rules of Civil Procedure - July 15, 2008

31 July 2008

Effective July 1, 2008, the Supreme Court of Mississippi approved amendments to Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b), Rule of Discipline 6(b), and Rules 4.06 and 8.01 of the Uniform Circuit and Court Rules. For more information, please see http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/rules/ruleamendments/ruleamendments.html. Popularity: 24% [?]

Bankruptcy Update

New York Eastern District Bankruptcy Court Amends Local Rules - July 16, 2008

Posted on 31 July 2008

On June 24, 2008, the Eastern District of New York Bankruptcy Court approved amended local Bankruptcy Rules. More information is available at http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/index.cfm.
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Litigation Practice

Navigation for Litigators 101: Introduction to SmartRules - September 9, 2008

Posted on 25 July 2008

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SmartRules Update

Texas Northern District Amends Local Civil and Criminal Rules - July 15, 2008

Posted on 31 July 2008

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas will adopt amendments to its Civil and Criminal Rules effective September 1, 2008. For more information, please see http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/index.html.
Popularity: 26% [?]

Popularity: 26% [?]

Subpoenas

How to issue a subpoena for an out-of-state deposition in one easy step

Posted on 13 May 2008

Problem: your case is in California (or Dallas, or New York, or Cook County), but your witnesses are in Alaska, and Wyoming and Arkansas.  How do you make sure you jump through all hoops to get subpoenas issued for out-of-state depositions?
Here’s your one step solution: just go to SmartRules, and check out the SmartRules subpoena [...]

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