FRCP Updates and Analysis Ready for Review Online and in Print
Everything your legal professionals need to review and analyze the restyled Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), in effect as of December 1, 2007, is in place.
In addition to a completely updated online FRCP, subscribers can also count on:
Updated! Moore’s Federal Practice®—Civil
This core litigation title series was completely updated to reflect the new rules in December. You should have received your print version in December with complete content replacements for the volumes affected by the FRCP.
Updated! Moore’s Federal Rules Pamphlet
The popular rules pamphlet has been completely updated to reflect rules changes, including new Rule 5.2 and the extensive stylistic revisions to Rules 1 through 86. (Additional print copies are also available at the LexisNexis® Online Bookstore at www.lexisnexis.com/bookstore)
You can also find a comparison of the old and new FRCP online in a variety of locations at www.lexis.com under its title, Revision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2007). You can link to the full-text PDF, including the Synopsis and Preface by Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Texas. You can also search the PDF using the Find feature. (Note: If you are not a Moore’s subscriber, you may incur transactional charges to search the PDF.)
New! LexisNexis Federal Litigation Forms
Find these new online litigation forms with advanced functionality in a variety of lexis.com menu locations. Any forms affected by the FRCP changes have been updated.
Search the forms source or browse an expandable table of contents (TOC). Click the + to expand a section and – to collapse a section. You can also search the TOC, e.g., to find complaint forms in patent infringement actions:
SOURCE: All Federal Litigation LexisNexis Forms
SEARCH: patent! /5 infring! AND complaint
New! Moore’s AnswerGuide™: Federal Pretrial Civil Litigation
Available in print and online, this new practice resource answers your basic questions about federal pretrial practice and procedure, from forum selection, through pleading, discovery, and pretrial motions. All sections reflect the December 1, 2007, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Get succinct answers to major points of federal practice as well as expert analyses and strategic pointers, warnings, circuit split discussions, and other case-oriented insights. Also find checklists for step-by-step guidance in pretrial procedures.
Plus, the AnswerGuide has literally hundreds of cross-references and links to other online publications such as Moore’s Federal Practice, Federal Litigation Guide and Bender’s Federal Practice Forms®.
Search the full-text document or browse and search the TOC. For example, to search the full-text of the AnswerGuide to find discussions on the burden of proof motion for summary judgment:
SOURCE: LexisNexis AnswerGuide: Federal Pretrial Civil Litigation
SEARCH: summary /1 judgment /20 burden
Note the AnswerGuide features, including special Warning sections alerting you to local rules and notations of Circuit Split decisions.
To search the TOC only, just click the TOC radio form button in the AnswerGuide search form. For example, to find discussions of the recent FRCP amendments regarding electronically stored information, e.g., e-discovery:
SOURCE: LexisNexis AnswerGuide: Federal Pretrial Civil Litigation
SEARCH: electronic! /5 stor! /5 information OR data
Your results are a condensed TOC version. Each blue link takes you to sections—or checklists—which contain your search words. You can also click on black links to additional context sections.
Get Any New FRCP Section … Just Enter the Cite
Click the GET A DOCUMENT tab when you need a full-text FRCP section and you know the citation. For example, to find Rule 34, which discusses producing documents, electronically stored information and tangible things:
ENTER: fed r civ p 34
Move to details on recent section amendments easily. Just click the History, Ancillary Laws and Directives link in the Practitioner’s Toolbox on the right side of the screen. Look for bold Notes of Advisory Committee on 2006 and 2007 Amendments.
