Recent Changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Prescriptions to Ease the Pain?

Date

1984

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Volume Title

Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

Discusses the changes brought about by the 1983 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. These changes brought about controversial changes to the certification of motions and other papers by attorneys, pretrial procedure, and discovery. These amendments address concerns on properly limiting and controlling the discovery and pretrial processes.

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Keywords

Civil procedure, 1980 amendments, 1983 amendments, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Pretrial procedure, Discovery, Abuses, Sanctions

Citation

15 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 887