Publisher's Synopsis
Featuring new coverage of major revisions to Rule 23 on federal class-action procedures, Sinclair on Federal Civil Practice reinforces its standing as your surest source of authoritative information on the principal rules and tactical issues involved in lawsuits in the federal courts. Sinclair illuminates every litigation stage -- from court jurisdiction, venue and transfer, pleadings, and provisional remedies to pretrial procedures, motion practice, depositions and interrogatories, trial and post-trial proceedings, and appeals. Addressing the latest Supreme Court rulings, this ideal companion volume to Sinclair's Trial Handbook shows how amended Rule 23 revises the time for determining whether to certify a class and augments the provisions for notice strengthens the procedure for reviewing a proposed settlement; creates a formal requirement that appointment of class counsel be made upon certifying a class; and establishes a procedure for acting on attorney fee requests. Sinclair also provides the latest analysis of changes to Rule 51 on jury instructions, Rule 53 on trial masters, and Rule 4 on appeals.
