Litigation Support

Effective on December 1, 2007, the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are often referred to as ?the style rules? and some lawyers have complacently chosen not to take a close look at them. This way lies a minefield however ? you really do need to look at the new rules because both numbering and captioning have been changed in some places, including some of the electronic discovery provisions.  No one wants to make that mistake in a brief. A small number of the rules have been called ?style-substance? amendments. Now THAT?s clear as mud. In any event, if you have the old rules, put them aside and work with the new rules, which may be found at http://cfr.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/index.html#toc.

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