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Full-Text Articles in Civil Procedure
Lost Esi Under The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure, Jeffrey A. Parness
Lost Esi Under The Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure, Jeffrey A. Parness
SMU Science and Technology Law Review
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Volume 20, Number 1 – The Privacy, Probability, and Political Pitfalls of Universal DNA Collection
Meghan J. Ryan 20 SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 3 Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) in 1953 launched a truth-finding mission not only in science but also in the law. Just thirty years later–after the science had evolved–DNA evidence was being introduced in criminal courts. Today, DNA evidence is heavily relied on in criminal and related cases. It is routinely introduced in murder and rape cases as evidence of guilt; DNA databases have grown as even …
Patent Misjoinder, David O. Taylor
Patent Misjoinder, David O. Taylor
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act effectively repealed aspects of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by creating a new statutory section governing joinder of accused infringers and consolidation of actions for trial in most patent infringement cases. This new law codifies a substantial barrier to joinder and consolidation, contradicting two of the primary policies embraced by the drafters of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: the promotion of liberal standards both for evaluating the sufficiency of pleadings and for evaluating the propriety of joinder of parties. Remarkably, the new statutory section does so despite the absence of any detailed scholarly …