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18 Litig. News 1 (1992-1993)

handle is hein.journals/lignws18 and id is 1 raw text is: OCTOBER 1992 VOLUME 18, NUMBER I LITIGATION A IPUBLICATION OF TIle SECTION OF LITIGATION AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Pilot Districts Bring Experimentation to the Courtroom Task Force Report analyzes at! compares civil procedure rt-inr plans by Christine E. Sherry, As.vociate Ediior C rossing from one federal district to another call have drainalic COlSetitClCCs 'or the way litigalors do btsiness. In response to the Civil Justice Re- form Act of 1990, 34 pilot federal dis- tricts have adopted indtividual plais de- sigiied to redulic cist alnd delays ill federal court. Now, the Section of I itiga- tion lask Force on the CJ RA, co-chaired by Braid D. Brian, Los Angeles, and Ri- chard McMillan, Jr., Washington, DC, has compiled I report analyzing atnd cmtipariig the district plans. li series of articles, tiis issue of' Liti,qatou News will review various as- pects or ihese district pilot progrants as dcltailed in the TIask Force's Report. The plaits will significatly aflect the way liligators do busitess-allhough not tec- essarily il the Same way in diflcrenli parts of the country, The Report was designed t )facili- tate consideration by the remaining dis- tricts of the various proposed solutions described in plais issued to date. Ac- cording to Brian, We waintcd to try it assist those advisory groups who are now formulating plaits, if they want our views, t) provide ati easy road nllap ti see what other districts are trying to do. In tie Report, the Task Force sought to categorize and analyze tie various plans wilhoutl necessarily rachintg for- inatiive judginetls as to the pros aid coils of' comipeting. ail ill Soic cases contlicling, Solutions adopted by the various courts. The Report examitned in detail how the plans compared with (collibl:tttd oil Page 6) Task Force Report: Civil Justice Plans Analyzed, Compared l'agc 6-7 Special Insert: Section Committees Offer Opportunities For All to Join Symposium 'Verdict' Supports Future of Civil Juries by Wiley E. Mayne. Jr. Assoriate Editor it the race of apparet criticism or civil juries hboth within land outside the judicial system, civil juries hound Muir- prisingly robust support from i broad cross section of some 200 lawyers, judges, social scientists, and business ail consumer represenlatives COlnvelned 101 tihe Syn1t1sioun otl the Fulure of the Civil Jury System. With such a diverse group, we really expected imore debate on1 whether we ought to have juries in civil cases, says G. Marc Whitelicad, Minneapolis, Syan- piositure Co.Chair. Instead, the group nmoved fairly quickly to really vauable discussion oil how Ihe jury systenl call he improved. Working in sitall breaukout groups, the Symposium altend- ecs indicated strong support lrr use ofljury comiprelhension imnprovlmlet lechniques. (Please see rel.ated article, page 3). Co-sponsorid by ithe Section of Liti- galion ald the Brookings Institution, the Symposiumin brought iogether acaideittics and trial lawyers, plaintiIfs and defen- damts, aind judges and comunititications experts. Fifticen pape.s ott topics ranging from the history of the civil jury to the reactions ofjurors injury service were presented to lie group and formed the basis for expert panel discussions. After these presemnalions, the Symposium participants convened in smll I discus- sion groups for free-wheeling debate oni Ihese issues. While much of the criticism of juries (confitmedI on page 3) Oswald Trial Highlights Annual Meeting Highlighted by tile Trial of tile Century-flte trial of Lee Harvey Oswald-and other prigraums rantging fro't accoumittatts' liability tIo clinlinaling bias in the courlrootm, the Seection of Litigation had it successful and well- attended tmeeting at the recent A1iA Atttal Meeting. The Section's program, co-chaired by Samuel R. Miller, San Francisco, and Robert B. Pringle, San Francisco, was attendcd by altost 3,(110 Section tuem- hers. We tad at terrific eiting, says Pringle, noting that miany of tle pro- grains drew capacity crowds. I'rogratts included sessiots oil ile trend toward value billing by law firms as they look for compelilive ways to market their services, ai debate tti the right ta privacy, and ait exalmination of effective scttlcnctt and negotiation techniques. Maty programs, Miller says, featured tlic use of curreit techntlogy Ilat is tiaking its way into litigation practice. Section metbers also heard the Lord I ligh Chancellor of Great Britain, Lord Mackay of Claslafern, speak ill at Section luncheon oat the English Rule tf award- ing attorneys' fees to prevailing parties. Several otlier proigrans addressed pro- posed changes It) the rules of civil pro- cedure nlow under cotnsideration. which include fee-shifting proposals. As for tile Trial of tile Century, Ilringle totes thait it etided in a hitng jury aidler limited deliberation. 'rTe prograntm had overflow crowds for the entire two days of presentations and drew elti)- sive media coverage. Ll NE W S

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