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The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a fractured ruling today on the manner of service and the interpretation of North Carolina Rule of Procedure 4(j1). The case is In [...]

ACAS, the employment Advisory and Conciliation Service, last month issued its report on the first quarter's figures for the new Early Conciliation procedure. Why was Early Conciliation Introduced? Early Conciliation [...]

This post is the first in a series of posts analyzing the 2013-14 term of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Last week the court heard the first oral arguments for its [...]

Will the right to oral argument be lost in Pennsylvania? Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 211 provides that litigants have a right to oral argument to argue Motions. The Pennsylvania [...]

In Laushway v. Messervey, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal recently established a framework to be applied when a litigant seeks production of electronic information found on an opposing party's [...]

The changes to the monetary jurisdictions of the civil courts provided for in Section 2(1) and Part 3 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 took effect [...]

A number of Reed Smith attorneys have been active in supporting the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, particularly those aimed at narrowing the discovery process through [...]

Judgment Released: January 23, 2014 Link to Judgment The Supreme Court has released its decision interpreting Ontario's new summary judgment rule. The Court has expanded the scope of Rule 20 [...]

In Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, the Supreme Court of Canada considered Ontario's civil procedure rules 20.04(2.1) and (2.2). These rules were implemented in 2010 to allow judges hearing [...]

One of NSW's most senior lawyers warns government plans to bring in tougher penalties to combat lethal 'coward punches' will not solve the problem. Former president of the NSW Law [...]

p>On January 23, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Hryniak v Mauldin1 regarding the test for summary judgment under Rule 20 of the Rules of Civil [...]

The best expert witness is often the one with no expert experience. In a recent case my expert, an academic, had spent most of his career doing precisely the kind [...]

Late last year, the Texas Supreme Court finalized amendments to several of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure to coordinate with the transition to state-wide electronic filing. A few of [...]

Summary and implications It is important for litigants to appreciate the tactical advantages to making a without prejudice settlement offer. A well placed without prejudice offer can put the recipient [...]