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Law will extend some court filing deadlines

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed into law a measure that lengthens several statutory deadlines under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Federal...

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Jailing defendants before trial more costly

WASHINGTON – The cost of imprisoning a federal defendant awaiting trial far exceeds the cost of supervision by federal probation and pretrial services officers, according to figures recently released...

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New filing deadline law takes effect

WASHINGTON – A law lengthening several statutory deadlines under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of...

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Pilot program will allow cameras in federal trial courts

WASHINGTON – The Judicial Conference has approved a plan to allow some civil proceedings in federal trial court to be videotaped, and to provide the recordings to the public. The conference, the...

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New Judicial Conference rule aims to discourage sealing civil cases

WASHINGTON – New standards and procedures adopted by the Judicial Conference toughen the requirements for sealing entire files in civil cases. The new rules, announced on Sept. 13, provide that “an...

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Pacer fee increase to take effect April 1

WASHINGTON – The first PACER fee increase in seven years will take effect April 1, 2012. In September, the U.S. Judicial Conference announced the increase in the access fee for the Public Access to...

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Study: Most judges tell jurors not to use social media

WASHINGTON – Most federal judges tell jurors not to use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking tools to communicate information about the trials in which they are sitting, according to the...

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