Sentences with phrase «civil litigants using»

At the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — a longtime opponent of third party litigation funding — the arm of the federal judiciary that oversees procedural rules recently decided to consider whether courts should mandate disclosure from civil litigants using third party funding to finance their legal claims....

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«(a) CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN APPROPRIATE CASES - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), each district court shall, by local rule adopted under section 2071 (a), require that litigants in all civil cases consider the use of an alternative dispute resolution process at an appropriate stage in the litigation.

How To Use Free Legal Resources: A Practical Guide For Pro Se Civil Litigants.

She went on, at paras. 103 and 106, to make the point that litigants in a civil proceeding should not be able to use article 402 to circumvent the requirements of probable cause and investigative necessity.

The New Jersey Appellate Division's recent published decision allowing evidence obtained through wiretapped conversations to be used in civil lawsuits opened up a new discovery frontier in the Garden State, although litigants will still have to overcome privacy concerns, according to former prosecutors.

As British Columbia prepares for the fall 2014 startup of Canada's first civil resolution tribunal geared towards self - represented litigants and the use of technology to settle strata or small - claims disputes, there's growing concern among lawyers about whether the individual's legal rights may be fully represented.