At the request of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, the Federal Judicial Center designed and conducted a closed-case survey about the early stages of litigation, especially Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(f) and 16(b). The survey was sent to almost 10,000 attorneys of record in civil cases terminated in July-September 2011 and yielded a 36% response rate.
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At the request of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, the Federal Judicial Center designed and conducted a closed-case survey about the early stages of litigation, especially Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(f) and 16(b). The survey was sent to almost 10,000 attorneys of record in civil cases terminated in July-September 2011 and yielded a 36% response rate.
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