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PLI s Sinclair on Federal Civil Practice offers you comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the principal rules and tactical considerations guiding lawsuits in the federal courts, focusing on the meaning and consequences of the statutes, court rules, and leading decisions. These two volumes explain the rationale of the rules, cite the key interpretive cases, and offer you experienced practice tips that can make the difference in court. Sinclair features full coverage of the Supreme Court s recently restyled rules of civil procedure and a new Compendium of Recent Authorities. Sinclair shows you how the rules new outline format simplifies and modernizes expression, clarifies subordinate subprovisions and exceptions, and makes the rules easier to understand and apply. The Compendium offers a chronological, circuit-by-circuit listing of recent complete discussions by the federal courts of appeal, organized to correspond section by section with the treatise itself, which makes it easier for you to locate the cases in the circuits in which you are practicing. Updated at least once a year, Sinclair on Federal Civil Practice is an essential tool for every attorney involved in civil practice. Founded in 1933, Practising Law Institute is the nation s foremost provider of continuing legal education. PLI is a leading publisher of authoritative legal references and other information resources and offers more than 300 live and electronic programs nationally.