Opinion: Clients and practitioners should monitor efforts to amend the Federal Rules and anticipate how the changes might ...

A new federal rule governing the first steps for multidistrict litigation is set to take effect Monday, the result of years ...

On December 1, 2025, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16.1 took effect, providing judges a roadmap for initial case management of ...

The rule, which encourages effective case management and for parties to address meritless claims early in proceedings, went ...

This paper argues that the Roberts Court’s preemption decisions suggest a pattern of deferring to state laws in “regulatory” contexts while presumptively preempting them in “commercial” contexts. As I ...