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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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2009AP2549 Johnson v. Cintas Corporation No. 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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10-3934 Damasco v. Clearwire Corp.

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10-2260 Nelson v. Napolitano

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Civil Procedure Mootness; government contracts

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09-4111 Carroll v. Stryker Corp.

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Civil Procedure Discovery; sanctions

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Civil Procedure Judgments; full faith and credit

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Civil Procedure Sanctions; dismissal

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Civil Procedure Removal; attorney fees

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Civil Procedure Default judgment; excusable neglect

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Civil Procedure Discovery

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Civil Procedure Class actions

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Civil Procedure Service of process; unsigned complaints

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Civil Procedure Class actions

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Civil Procedure Class certification; adequate representative

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Civil Procedure Default judgment; excusable neglect

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Civil Procedure Judgment; waiver

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Civil Procedure EAJA

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Civil Procedure Appeal; timeliness; final judgments

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