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  2. Initial conference - Wikipedia

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    According to the FRCP, the plaintiff must initiate a conference between the parties to plan for the discovery process after the complaint was served to the defendants. [1] The parties must confer as soon as practicable after the complaint was served to the defendants — and in any event at least 21 days before a scheduling conference is to be ...

  3. Civil discovery under United States federal law - Wikipedia

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    Rule 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery; Duty of Disclosure. The most substantial rule, which guides the discovery process. Subdivision (a) provides for automatic disclosure, which first was added in 1993. Disclosure requires parties to share their own supporting evidence without being requested to by the other party.

  4. Franchise disclosure document - Wikipedia

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    A franchise disclosure document ( FDD) is a legal document which is presented to prospective buyers of franchises in the pre-sale disclosure process in the United States. It was originally known as the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular ( UFOC) ( or uniform franchise disclosure document ), prior to revisions made by the Federal Trade ...

  5. Brady disclosure - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In the legal system of the United States, a Brady disclosure consists of exculpatory or impeaching information and evidence that is material to the guilt or innocence or to the punishment of a defendant. The term comes from the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland, [1] in which the Supreme Court ruled that suppression by the ...

  6. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Annexed in 1897 to Brewster County. Greer County, formed in 1860. Separated from Texas by U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. the State of Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896) and is now part of southwestern Oklahoma. Perdido County, formed in 1824 and forgotten during the upheavals of the 1840s.

  7. Payday loans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Re-borrowing rates slightly declined by 2.1% in Texas after the disclosure law took effect. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed rulemaking in June 2016, which would require payday lenders to verify the financial situation of their customers, provide borrowers with disclosure statements prior to each transaction, and limit the ...

  8. Internment of Japanese Americans - Wikipedia

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    Eight U.S. Department of Justice Camps (in Texas, Idaho, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Montana) held Japanese Americans, primarily non-citizens and their families. The camps were run by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, under the umbrella of the DOJ, and guarded by Border Patrol agents rather than military police.

  9. TRW Inc. v. Andrews - Wikipedia

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    Scalia (in judgment), joined by Thomas. Laws applied. Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681p. TRW Inc. v. Andrews, 534 U.S. 19 (2001), is a United States Supreme Court decision holding that the discovery rule (that a federal statute of limitations begins to run when a party knows or has reason to know that she was injured) does not apply ...