The Judicial Council has received a wide-ranging open-records request from the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council concerning recent changes to the state's civil-litigation rules.

Lawmakers, judges and lawyers have all struggled to find the appropriate balance between the ideas of liberal discovery, designed to ensure that every party can secure the best facts to support its positions, and the rising cost of litigation, much of which is spent on discovery, especially of electronic information.

The Judicial Council recently voted to advance to the state Legislature a proposal to revise changes recently made by lawmakers to the state's rules of civil procedure.

The Wisconsin Legislature has made important new rules for civil litigation, implemented new periods of limitations and repose, and made other significant changes to state law.

12-3264 Laplant v. the Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co.

2009AP2549 Johnson v. Cintas Corporation No. 2

2009AP2099 Admiral Ins. Co. v. Paper Converting Machine Co.

11-1665 & 08-2792 Gonzalez-Servin v. Ford Motor Co.

11-8020 Creative Montessori Learning Centers v. Ashford Gear, LLC

2010AP1695 Berg v. General Casualty Ins. Co. of Wisconsin

2010AP2789 Wiley v. M.M.N. Laufer Family Limited Partnership

11-8017 LG Display Co., Ltd., v. Madigan

10-3934 Damasco v. Clearwire Corp.

10-2260 Nelson v. Napolitano

Civil Procedure Mootness; government contracts

09-4111 Carroll v. Stryker Corp.

Civil Procedure Discovery; sanctions

Civil Procedure Judgments; full faith and credit

Civil Procedure Sanctions; dismissal

Civil Procedure Removal; attorney fees

Civil Procedure Default judgment; excusable neglect

Civil Procedure Discovery

Civil Procedure Class actions

Civil Procedure Service of process; unsigned complaints

Civil Procedure Class actions

Civil Procedure Class certification; adequate representative

Civil Procedure Default judgment; excusable neglect

Civil Procedure Judgment; waiver

Civil Procedure EAJA

Civil Procedure Appeal; timeliness; final judgments