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A Mandatory Disclosure And Civil Justice Reform Proposal Based On The Civil Justice Reform Act Experiments, Eric F. Spade
A Mandatory Disclosure And Civil Justice Reform Proposal Based On The Civil Justice Reform Act Experiments, Eric F. Spade
Cleveland State Law Review
The objective of this note is to examine the CJRA experiments with mandatory disclosure and, based on that examination, to propose an alternative approach to the current trend of micromanaging case management through the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This note begins by defining mandatory disclosure and providing a brief account of its origin. Next, the Civil Justice Reform Act is described, followed by an examination of the various CJRA mandatory disclosure experiments conducted by district courts nationwide. The main portion of this note endeavors to apply some of the lessons learned in the CJRA context to the flawed approach …