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Trial Practice And Procedure, Brandon L. Peak, Tedra C. Hobson, David T. Rohwedder, Robert H. Snyder, Joseph M. Colwell, Christopher B. Mcdaniel, Rory A. Weeks
Trial Practice And Procedure, Brandon L. Peak, Tedra C. Hobson, David T. Rohwedder, Robert H. Snyder, Joseph M. Colwell, Christopher B. Mcdaniel, Rory A. Weeks
Mercer Law Review
This Article addresses several significant opinions and legislation of interest to the Georgia civil trial practitioner issued during the Survey period of this publication.
Class Actions, Thomas M. Byrne, Stacey Mcgavin Mohr
Class Actions, Thomas M. Byrne, Stacey Mcgavin Mohr
Mercer Law Review
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit encountered some of the most controversial issues in class action law during 2015, including several that required the court to apply recent United States Supreme Court decisions or to choose sides on issues that have divided the circuit courts of appeal.
Electronic Discovery, K. Alex Khoury
Electronic Discovery, K. Alex Khoury
Mercer Law Review
The most significant developments in electronic discovery (E-Discovery) law in the Eleventh Circuit in 2015 were the latest amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Amendments), which went into effect on December 1, 2015. As with the last round of amendments in 2006, the 2015 Amendments primarily addressed the rapidly expanding and evolving practice of E-Discovery. Some of the amendments are minor tweaks to existing rules that will have little or no impact on current precedent. Other amendments introduce entirely new rules designed to give the courts and the parties new tools to corral the beast that is E-Discovery. …
Trial Practice And Procedure, John O'Shea Sullivan, Ashby K. Fox, Tala Amirfazli
Trial Practice And Procedure, John O'Shea Sullivan, Ashby K. Fox, Tala Amirfazli
Mercer Law Review
The 2015 survey period yielded noteworthy decisions relating to federal trial practice and procedure in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit,' several of which involved issues of first impression. This Article analyzes recent developments in the Eleventh Circuit, including significant rulings in the areas of arbitration, appellate practice, civil procedure, and statutory interpretation.
How The Narrative About Louisiana's Non-Unanimous Criminal Jury System Became A Person Of Interest In The Case Against Justice In The Deep South, Angela A. Allen-Bell
How The Narrative About Louisiana's Non-Unanimous Criminal Jury System Became A Person Of Interest In The Case Against Justice In The Deep South, Angela A. Allen-Bell
Mercer Law Review
Stories are central to what lawyers do; yet, to the average member of the legal community, they exist only inconspicuously. In actuality, all cases start with a story. As lawyers do their work, that initial story grows and evolves. When judges enter the picture, the story is revised and, ultimately, the final chapter is written; then, the process begins again with an entirely different cast of characters. This Article advocates against impersonal, mechanized systems of justice that are built upon defendants, dockets, cases, quotas, formulas, and rapidity. This Article calls for the justice community to see cases in a highly …