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Preliminary Conference Order-Commercial Case (Judge Scheinkman) - New York
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE IF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER PRESENT: Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman Justice Supreme Court -----------------------------------------------------------------X Plaintiff, : PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE ORDER COMMERCIAL CASE Index No. -against- : Defendant. : -----------------------------------------------------------------X SCHEINKMAN, J.: Counsel having appeared for a preliminary conference on ___________, 200_: Plaintiff: ___________________________________ Name ___________________________________ Firm ___________________________________ Address ___________________________________ Telephone Number ___________________________________ Fax Defendant: ___________________________________ Name ___________________________________ Firm ___________________________________ Address ___________________________________ Telephone Number ___________________________________ Fax American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com and the Court having conducted a preliminary conference in the above-entitled action, it is hereby ORDERED as follows, pursuant to Rule 8 of the Rules of Practice for the Commercial Division: 1. Any Demand for a Bill of Particulars shall be served on or before _____________ and any Bill of Particulars shall be served on or before ___________________. Any Demands for Discovery and Inspection shall be served on or before __________ and all Responses to such Demands shall be served on or before ____________. Any Interrogatories shall be served on or before ____________ and all Answers to Interrogatories shall be served on or before _________________. Any deposition on Oral Questions to be taken of Plaintiff shall be held on or before ______________________________________at _______________________________________. Any deposition on Oral Questions to be taken of Defendant shall be held on or before ______________________________________at _______________________________________. Any deposition on Oral Questions to be taken of any non parties shall be held on or before ______________________________________at _______________________________________. Other Disclosure, including Expert Disclosure, shall be: _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Electronic Discovery shall be: _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com 9. Discovery shall be limited to the following issues: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 10. 11. Impleader shall be completed on or before _____________________. All discovery shall be completed by _____________________ and any discovery not then completed may be considered waived. The failure to provide a document, or to otherwise provide discovery, may result in preclusion. A Trial Readiness Conference will be held on______________at__________. On this date a Trial Readiness Order will be issued to the Plaintiff to which Plaintiff shall serve and file a Note of Issue and Certificate of Readiness within (20) days of the date of the Trial Readiness Order. Absent an order of the Court to the contrary, the making of any dispositive motion will NOT stay discovery and will NOT result in, or justify, any change or adjustment in the dates set forth hereinabove. THE DATES SET FORTH ABOVE MAY NOT BE ADJOURNED EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE COURT. In the event of a discovery dispute, counsel shall comply with Rule 14 of the Rules of Practice in the Commercial Division. In furtherance thereof, in the event that counsel, after good faith consultation, cannot resolve a discovery dispute, counsel shall promptly contact the Court at 914-824-5419 and arrange for either an in-court or telephonic conference. No motion relating to discovery shall be made without the prior permission of the Court. Neither the existence of any discovery dispute nor the making of any discovery motion shall result in, or justify, any change or adjustment in the dates set forth above, unless otherwise permitted by the Court. All motions (including any discovery motions permitted by the Court) shall be governed by Rules 16 through 24 of the Rules of Practice in the Commercial Division. No sur-reply (which includes reply in further support of a cross-motion) or post-submission papers will be considered by the Court, except as authorized by the Court or by Rule 18. All motions shall be made returnable on Fridays. No motion shall, absent the permission of the Court, be made returnable on any other day. Counsel shall not copy the Court on correspondence between them. No document, including correspondence, shall be sent to the Court without prior authorization from Chambers to do so. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com 19. Absent the express permission of the Court, copies of all papers filed with the Court shall be transmitted to all opposing counsel in such fashion as to be received by counsel prior to, or contemporaneously with, receipt by the Court. Dated: White Plains, New York (date) ___________________________ ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN Supreme Court Justice American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com
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