ALI-ABA Course of Study Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts Sponsored with the cooperation of the Federal Judicial Center July 11 - 13, 2007 Santa Fe, New Mexico TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PROGRAM xiii FACULTY PARTICIPANTS xvii FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES xxi STUDY MATERIAL VOLUME 1 1. The Restyled Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1 Submitted by Lee H. Rosenthal 2. Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime and Asset Forfeiture 211 Claims Submitted by John K. Rabiej 3. Techniques and Potential Conflicts in the Handling of Depositions 247 By Victoria E. Brieant Study Material 249 Presentation Slides 286 4. Complex Case Management 299 By Ronald J. Hedges Table of Contents 301 Study Material 302 5. Rules of Professional Conduct, Ethical Conflicts Facing Litigators, and 401 Guidelines for Settlement Negotiations By Steve Morris and Akke Levin Table of Contents 403 Table of Authorities 408 Study Material 437 6. The Rules of Digital Evidence 501 By Howard L. Nations Table of Contents 502 Study Material 503 Appendix A: Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 535 vii Appendix B: Texas Rules of Evidence 540 Appendix C: Federal Rules of Evidence 545 7. Protecting Confidential Legal Information 549 By Jerold S. Solovy, Robert L. Byman, Michael T. Brody, David M. Geenwald, Blair R. Zanzig, Marek H. Badyna, Kristen L. Mercado, and Adam A. Hachikian Introduction 550 Table of Contents 551 Study Material 557 8. Electronic Spoliation 821 By Gregory P. Joseph Submitted by Alvin K. Hellerstein 9. Expert Spoliation 829 By Gregory P. Joseph Submitted by Alvin K. Hellerstein 10. Recent Developments in Domestic and International Arbitration Involving 839 Issues of Arbitrability, Consolidation of Claims and Discovery of Non-Parties By Joseph T. McLaughlin, Kathleen M. Scanlon, Joseph P. Whitlock, Erin McMurray-Killelea, and Zachary S. Taylor Table of Contents 840 Study Material 841 11. The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 867 By Thomas E. Willging and Emery G. Lee, III Submitted by Barbara Jacobs Rothstein Table of Contents 868 Study Material 869 12. Consumer Class Action Developments 885 By John N. Quisenberry 13. Top Ten U.S. Class Action Decisions of 2006-2007 895 By Elizabeth J. Cabraser 14. The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practices Addressing Protective Orders, 901 Confidentiality and Public Access in Civil Cases Submitted by Ronald J. Hedges 15. An Overview of Administrative Proceedings 921 Submitted by Claudia Barber An Overview of Administrative Proceedings 923 Appendix A: Nursing & Community Residence Protection Discharge, Transfer and Relocation of Residents 935 Appendix B: Professional Licensing/Health Occupation Boards 938 Appendix C: Unemployment Insurance 943 viii Appendix D: DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) Overview 959 Appendix E: DOH/DMH/Boards Tax/Taxi 968 Appendix F: Department of Human Services 990 Appendix G: Rental Housing Jurisdiction 1020 Appendix H: Federal Administrative Procedures Act 1044 Appendix I: USC Sections 701 and 706 1088 Appendix J: D.C. Administrative Procedures Act 1090 16. Problems in Federal Forum Selection and Concurrent Federal State 1097 Jurisdiction: Supplemental Jurisdiction; Diversity Jurisdiction; Removal; Preemption; Venue; Transfer of Venue; Personal Jurisdiction; Abstention and The all Writs Act By Georgene M. Vairo Table of Contents 1099 Study Material 1103 17. Problems in Federal Forum Selection and Concurrent Federal State 1283 Jurisdiction By Lonny S. Hoffman 18. Current Issues Involving Rule 12(b)(6) and Rule 9(b) 1325 By Elizabeth J. Cabraser and Joshua P. Davis 19. Obtaining a Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order 1345 By James J. Brosnahan 20. Through the Prism: Summary Judgement after the Trilogy 1385 By Georgene M. Vairo Submitted by Paul L. Friedman Table of Contents 1387 Study Material 1389 VOLUME 2 21. Proposed Revisions to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 1473 Submitted by Paul L. Friedman 22. Arrington v. United States, No. 05--5263 (DC Cir., Dec. 29, 2006) 1515 Submitted by Paul L. Friedman 23. Report of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee - May 25, 2007 1545 24. Defending Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings 1613 By Gary P. Naftalis Table of Contents 1617 Study Material 1621 25. Interacting with Bank Regulators during an Internal Investigation 1713 By Sheila Tendy 26. Federal Court Decisions Involving Electronic Discovery, December 1, 1725 ix 26. Federal Court Decisions Involving Electronic Discovery, December 1, 1725 2006 - June 15, 2007 By Kenneth J. Withers 27. Sanctions in Civil Litigation: A Review of Sanctions by Rule, Statute, and 1741 Inherent Power By David F. Herr and Nicole Narotzky Table of Contents 1743 Study Material 1753 28. Interrelationship of State and Federal Litigation 1861 By Professor Lonny S. Hoffman 29. Mediation Developments 1881 By Professor Francis E. McGovern 30. Appointing Special Masters and Other Judicial Adjuncts 1911 Submitted by Francis E. McGovern Table of Contents 1913 Study Material 1920 31. The Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators: September 2005 2147 Submitted by Francis E. McGovern 32. National Standards for Court-Connected Mediation Programs 2157 Submitted by Francis E. McGovern Table of Contents 2158 Introduction 2159 Definitions 2162 Study Material 2163 33. Uniform Mediation Act 2219 Submitted Francis E. McGovern Table of Contents 2220 Study Material 2221 34. Class Certification in the Appellate Courts 2287 By David F. Herr Table of Contents 2289 Study Material 2291 35. Extraordinary Writs and Remedies 2303 By Sylvia H. Walbolt Stalking the Illusive Extraordinary Writ 2305 Petition for a Writ of Mandamus, in Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. v. Hon. John F. Grady, No. 94-3912, 7th Cir. 2306 Opinion, in Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. v. Hon. John F. Grady, No. 94-3912, 7th Cir. 2371 x Petition for Writ of Certiorari, in Health Care and Retirement Corporation of America, Inc. v. Bradley, No. 4D06-2653, 4th Dist. Court of Appeal, FL 2386 Opinion, in Health Care and Retirement Corporation of America, Inc. v. Bradley, No. 4D06-2653, 4th Dist. Court of Appeal, FL 2409 Sylvia H. Walbolt and J. Andrew Meyer, When It's Your Last Chance: Tips on Obtaining Discretionary Review 2414 Sylvia H. Walbolt and Christopher J. Kaiser, Extraordinary Writs 2424 36. Report of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee - December 6, 2006 2429 Submitted by John K. Rabiej 37. Supplemental Rule "G" Governing Pretrial Procedures in Forfeiture In 2507 Rem Actions By John K. Rabiej 38. Bridging the Chasm between General Counsels and Law Firms 2523 By Michael Garrett Study Material 2525 Appendix A: Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer, Defending Corporate America: The Year in Review 2527 Appendix B: Rob Thomas, Top Ten Methods to Manage Outside Counsel 2534 Appendix C: Peter J. Henning, GCs Power Gains Also Mean More Exposure 2538 Appendix D: Petra Pasternak, CGs Vent Their Frustrations About Outside Counsel 2545 Appendix E: The General Counsel in Residence: A Law Firm Addresses Change in the Corporate Counsel Arena 2549 39. Special Master's Proposed Plan for Resolution of Unnamed Class 2551 Members' Claims, in Verderber v. Reno Hilton Resorts Corp., No. CV97-04643 (2nd Jud. Dist., NV) Submitted by David W. Hagen 40. Punitive Damages: Reaction by Federal and State Courts to Developing 2557 U.S. Supreme Court Guidelines By John J. Bartko, John S. Lottier, and David M. Ross Table of Contents 2559 Study Material 2561 xi 2 ALI-ABA Course of Study Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts July 11-13, 2007 Santa Fe, New Mexico Sponsored with the cooperation of the Federal Judicial Center PROGRAM Wednesday, July 11, 2007 7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast WEBCAST SEGMENT A (Wednesday morning program) 8:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks and Course Overview Morning Panel I: Mr. Schreiber, Chair; Judges Hellerstein, Pointer, and Rosenthal; Ms. Brieant; Mr. Rabiej 8:15 a.m. Re-stylization of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure — Judge Rosenthal 9:00 a.m. Future Discrete and Broader Projects of the Advisory Committee — Mr. Rabiej 9:45 a.m. Deposition Techniques and Disputes — Ms. Brieant 10:30 a.m. Networking Break Morning Panel II: Judge Rothstein, Chair; Judges Friedman and Hedges; Mr. Herr 10:45 a.m. Electronic Discovery Civil Rule Amendments Effective December 1, 2006 — Judge Hedges 11:30 a.m. Ethical Developments: Conflicts Facing Civil Litigators — (speaker to be announced) 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS (registrants may shuttle between meeting rooms) WEBCAST SEGMENT B (Wednesday afternoon program, Session I) Session I: Advanced Procedural Issues Judge Pointer, Chair; Judges Friedman and Hellerstein; Messrs. Greenwald, Kobayashi, McLaughlin, and Nations 2:00 p.m. Visual Persuasion — Mr. Nations 2:45 p.m. Proposed Evidence Rule 502 on Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product; Thompson and McNulty Memos — Mr. Greenwald 3:15 p.m. Networking Break 3:30 p.m. New Developments in the Law of Spoliation — Judge Hellerstein 4:15 p.m. Domestic and International Arbitration Developments — Mr. McLaughlin 5:00 p.m. Adjournment for the Day xiii Session II: Emerging Problem Areas in Rule 23 (Class Actions) and the Class Action Fairness Act Judge Rosenthal, Chair; Judges Hedges and Rothstein; Professors Hoffman and McGovern; Ms. Cabraser; Mr. Quisenberry 2:00 p.m. Emerging Problems in the Class Action Fairness Act — Professor Hoffman 2:45 p.m. Consumer Class Action Developments — Mr. Quisenberry 3:15 p.m. Networking Break 3:30 p.m. Arbitration Agreements and Class Action Lawsuits — Ms. Cabraser 4:15 p.m. Protective Orders and Confidentiality Agreements — Judge Hedges 5:00 p.m. Adjournment for the Day Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Morning Panel I: Judge Pointer, Chair; Judges Barber, Friedman, and Rosenthal; Professor Hoffman; Ms. Cabraser; Mr. McLaughlin 8:30 a.m. An Overview of Administrative Proceedings — Judge Barber 9:00 a.m. Choice of Forum Considerations; Personal, Diversity, and Supplemental Jurisdiction; Change of Venue — Professor Hoffman 9:45 a.m.