On January 1 of this year, amendments to the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (CPL) entered into effect, representing the nation’s proactive approach to refining its legal system ...

In the first of a two-part UPC special, lawyers at A&O Shearman explain what you need to know about changes of procedural language and security for costs While the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has ...

Stephen M. Kramarsky addresses anonymous defamatory posts, writing that fortunately, at least in New York, there is a procedural rule, CPLR §3102, that can be used to provide early judicial ...

The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) applies generally to most arbitration agreements, but parties can choose to have the procedural law of the place of arbitration apply instead. On many issues, there ...

Analysis CPLR 3213: An Unheralded Procedural Remedy In the eyes of these authors, CPLR 3213 is perhaps the most unheralded procedural device in New York state court practice. CPLR 3213 allows ...

Recognizing the difference between substantive and procedural rights helps enormously in understanding the battles over applying the first eight amendments of the U.S. Constitution to the states.