Library: Legal Environment of Business: Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
This document contains the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure together with forms, as amended to December 1, 2013.

New Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: What's the Big Idea?
Duty to disclose
Jury selection
Schemes in selecting effective jurors
Types of Juries
A guide to handling garnishment
Basic Steps in a Civil Lawsuit
How jury consultants can use social media to build a more favorable jury
Racial Discrimination In Jury Selection
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and eDiscovery
For the past five years, a process to change the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure's discovery provisions has been going on, more specifically eDiscovery.
Being an Expert Witness.
The article speaks of three different experts – the consulting expert, the factual expert, and the testifying expert.

Circuit Map

To find a court location, click the map below.

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Structure of Federal Court

Follow the structure of the federal court system and the pathway to the Supreme Court in the illustration below.

Alternative dispute resolution

Online Dispute Resolution: Settling it on the Web
Online Dispute Resolution: A Modern Alternative Dispute Resolution Approach.
Dispute resolution & workplace violence.
Focuses on the alternative form of dispute resolution, known as mediation. This form is more informal and relaxed than other forms, as trying to achieve harmony is the ultimate goal. By bringing in a third party, disputers are able to have a mediator to listen to both sides and try to find equal ground.

Court Systems

The Judicial Branch has two court systems: federal and state. While each hears certain types of cases, neither is completely independent of the other.

Comparing federal and state courts

Processes of the U.S. Supreme Court, as seen in Buck v. Stephens

Amending a state constitution, as seen in Indiana and Kansas' ballot measures to make hunting and fishing a right

Glossary

Glossary of legal terms:

Writ of certiorari - see part 3 of document

Acquittal to Writ of certiorari

Petition for Certiorari - as seen in WAL-MART v. DUKES

Contractual Choice-of-Law Provisions

Statute of limitations and defamation - as seen in Defamation Suits Against Cosby Point to Peril of Belittling Accusers

Jurisdiction

AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST v. CONAGRA FOODS, INC., ET AL.
An example of diversity jurisdiction
U.S. Suspends Construction on Part of North Dakota Pipeline
The federal government issued a pause, but only on a “sliver of federal land” which happens to be a focal point of the protests in order to reduce tensions and momentarily reduce conflict. It will be interesting to see how this federal intervention might vindicate the tribes’ stance on how their voice needs to be heard on these types of land conflicts.