Trustmark Insurance v. General & Cologne Life Re of America
424 F.3d 542 (7th Cir. 2005) Cited 304 timesFinding that a party "failed to show good cause for its failure to amend . . . [because the party] "was, or should have been, aware of the facts underlying [the amendment]" well before the deadline to amend had passed.
Rule 16 - Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 Cited 34,667 times 53 Legal AnalysesAdopting the sanctions authorized by Rule 37(b)
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system