Sec. 479. Information on litigation management and cost and
delay reduction
- (a) Within four years after the date of the enactment of
this chapter, the Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare a
comprehensive report on all plans received pursuant to section 472(d) of
this title. The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may make recommendations
regarding such report to the Judicial Conference during the preparation of the
report. The Judicial Conference shall transmit copies of the report to the
United States district courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
- (b) The Judicial Conference of the United States shall, on a
continuing basis -
- (1) study ways to improve litigation management and
dispute
resolution services in the district courts; and
(2) make
recommendations to the district courts on ways to
improve such services.
- (c)
- (1) The Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare,
periodically revise, and transmit to the United States district courts a
Manual for Litigation Management and Cost and Delay Reduction. The Director
of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts may make recommendations regarding the
preparation of and any subsequent revisions to the Manual.
- (2) The Manual shall be developed after careful
evaluation of the plans implemented under section 472 of
this title, the demonstration program conducted under section 104 of the
Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, and the pilot program conducted under
section 105 of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990.
- (3) The Manual shall contain a description and analysis
of the litigation management, cost and delay reduction principles and
techniques, and alternative dispute resolution programs considered most
effective by the Judicial Conference, the Director of the Federal Judicial
Center, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts.
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