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Important Update:  Please support ongoing LCJ FRE 502 and E-Discovery Efforts now entering critical stages

Proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 502 will help limit the skyrocketing costs and delays that result from the need to conduct the exhaustive privilege reviews currently required to ensure against waiver of the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product protection.  The Rule responds to the needs of both plaintiffs and defendants and is widely supported by judges, lawyers, and litigants.  Because this is a rule affecting privilege, it must be approved by both houses of Congress and signed into law by the President.  On February 27 the Senate unanimously passed S.2450, legislation that would adopt FRE 502 as proposed by the Judicial Conference (click here for report).  LCJ is working closely with a broad coalition to promote sponsorship and support in the House Judiciary Committee.   Since the U.S. Senate has passed S. 2450, LCJ is urging the prompt introduction and passage of this bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Please contact members of the House  Courts Subcommittee as well as the  Full Committee on the Judiciary to encourage introduction and passage of identical legislation at the earliest possible time. 

E-Discovery state action teams are now being formed for New York, Illinois, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.  LCJ is working to ensure that state procedural rules are consistent with the new federal rules, which we believe to be fair and reasonable guidelines that will reduce the costs and burdens associated with e-discovery.  Our very large, geographically diverse, and active E-Discovery Committee meets monthly to support individual state efforts to enact new e-discovery rules.  Official Comments were submitted in five states (Iowa (new IA rule), Alaska, Virginia, Ohio and Maryland) in 2007, and LCJ enlisted the support of local attorneys to support action in several others.  LCJ is now targeting NY, IL, FL, MA, MI, TN, and PA as crucial states which have yet to adopt the federal rules.  Please contact the LCJ office at 202-429-0045 if you would like to join a state effort. 




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05/12/2008 - Lawyers Gone Wild
Washington Examiner series depicting the need for legal reform
03/03/2008 - Supreme Court Splits Evenly in Pfizer Case
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12/11/2007 - FRE 502 INTRODUCED IN SENATE
Approved by Judicial Conference, Bill now needs affirmative action in Congress to become law.
10/24/2007 - Lerach-ed
This Wall Street Journal Editorial comments on the William S. Lerach plea.
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Washington Examiner Special Report_Lawyers Gone Wild
10/01/2007 - Coordinate Resources: The Key to Facing International Risks
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel interviews Christopher B. Kende, Chair of Cozen O'Connor's International Insurance Practice Group
08/27/2007 - Meritless Lawsuits Spark Debate Over Legal Reform and Legal Rights
LCJ Member Steve Hantler is among those interviewed for this article.
08/06/2007 - Judge: Fen-Phen Lawyers Owe 62 Million
Attorneys sued by 400 former clients claiming the lawyers took too much of settlement
08/01/2007 - Frozen pay drives out bankruptcy judges
Alito: "I'm afraid that today's eroding federal judicial salaries will lead, sooner or later, to less capable judges and ultimately to inferior adjudication"
06/26/2007 - Risky Business: The Annual Boardroom Guide to Litigation in 50 States
by Steven B. Hantler
06/15/2007 - Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America's Tort System
Pacific Research Institute Study
06/04/2007 - The Asbestos Litigation Crisis - The Tide Appears to be Turning
Recent reform efforts aimed at restoring fairness in Asbestos litigation are having positive effects, for the benefit of the public and the truly sick
06/04/2007 - GC's Urge State Legislators To Pass Pay Raise for Judges
A New York Law Journal article reports an upswell in support for one of LCJ's Top Initiatives
02/19/2007 - Supreme Court Rules in Favor of LCJ Member Altria
5-4 Decision Nixes Damage Award

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