Prior to the 1983 amendments to Rule 11, there was some concern as to whether or not the Federal Rules had adequate provisions to insure the truthfulness of allegations in pleadings and motions. With the 1983 incorporation of an objective standard of reasonableness, subjective good faith was ...
The second issue is whether Rule 11, in imposing sanctions on parties under an objective standard, is an impermissible "fee-shifting" exercise of judicial authority contravening the Rules Enabling Act.This case involving the federal courts' sanctioning power under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of...
public interest litigationattorney sanctionsTwenty-five years ago, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended to provide sanctions against attorneys who sue without sound factual basis or for improper purpose. Rule 11 thus created an objective standard, requiring offending attorneys to pay the ...
Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure governs perhaps the most essential and common practice in the federal criminal justice system--the guilty plea. Despite the public's focus on the excitement and drama engendered by real and fictional criminal trials, the overwhelming majority of ...
It explores the provisions of rule 201 of the Federal Rules of Evidence which governs judicial notice of adjudicative facts. It cites the major perils of judicial notice including the failure to ensure that the requirements of Rule 201 and the danger of impropriety at the appellate level.Gómez...
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Like all good rules, it is parsimonious. If the unemployment rate increases by half a percentage point from its trough of the past 12 months, the economy is said to be in a recession. To smooth out the figures, which jump around, both the current unemployment rate and the trough are mea...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is an independent, nongovernmental organization that writes and enforces the rules governing registered brokers and broker-dealer firms in the United States. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an independent federal agency that regulates...
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