28 U.S.C. § 479 : US Code - Section 479: Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction

Search 28 U.S.C. § 479 : US Code - Section 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.