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State of Civil Litigation Being Studied
July 26, 2010
A committee of the policy-making Judicial Conference of the United States recently held a major conference on civil litigation at Duke University. The cost and duration of pursuing a case in federal court was under the microscope.
“For years, we have heard a steady chorus of complaints from parts of the bar about the increasing costs and delays in federal litigation. I was struck by the dearth of available empirical data,” said U.S. District Judge Mark Kravitz of Connecticut, who chairs the Conference’s Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.
The gathering at Duke focused on various studies of the state of civil litigation. “The data we received was rich and detailed, and it will be a basis for further assessment of the federal civil justice system for years to come,” Kravitz said.
Nearly 200 experienced lawyers, judges, and academics attended the conference.
For more about the conference and the state of civil litigation in federal courts, read our interview with Judge Kravitz or watch an archived webcast of the 2010 Civil Litigation Conference webcast.