Preliminary Conference Order

COMMERCIAL DIVISION PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE ORDER PURSUANT TO PART 202 OF THE UNIFORM CIVIL RULES FOR THE SUPREME COURT KINGS COUNTY Date __________ 201_ Plaintiff(s) Index #___________ -against- Defendant(s) Plaintiff___________________________________________is represented by Firm:____________________________________________ Responsible attorney:_________________________________ Address:____________________________________________ E-mail: ____________________________________________ Telephone:_________________________ Fax: _________________________ Defendant___________________________________________is represented by Firm:____________________________________________ Responsible Attorney:__________________________________ Address:____________________________________________ E-mail: ____________________________________________ Telephone:_________________________ Fax: _________________________ Defendant___________________________________________is represented by Firm:____________________________________________ Responsible Attorney:__________________________________ Address:____________________________________________ E-mail: ____________________________________________ Telephone:_________________________ Fax: 1 _________________________ American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Defendant___________________________________________is represented by Firm:____________________________________________ Responsible Attorney:__________________________________ Address:____________________________________________ E-mail: ____________________________________________ Telephone:_________________________ Fax: Nature of the Case: (a) Plaintiff's Claims / Counterclaim Defenses _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Amount Demanded: $________________ (b) Defendant _________________'s Claims / Defenses _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Amount Demanded: $________________ Defendant _________________'s Claims / Defenses _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Amount Demanded: $________________ Defendant _________________'s Claims / Defenses _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Amount Demanded: $________________ Defendant _________________'s Claims / Defenses _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Amount Demanded: $________________ _________________________ 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT THIS ACTION IS ASSIGNED TO THE ________EXPEDITED__________STANDARD __________COMPLEX TRACK AND DISCLOSURE SHALL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS: (1) BILL OF PARTICULARS (See CPLR 3130(1)): (a) Demand for a bill of particulars shall be served by_______________on or before_______________ (b) Bill of Particulars shall be served by_____________________on or before_______________ (c) BILL OF PARTICULARS SERVED: [ ] Satisfactory [ ] Unsatisfactory - because: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (2) DOCUMENT PRODUCTION/ DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION: (a) All Demands for Discovery and Inspection (CPLR 3120) shall be served not later than___________________days from the date of this Order. (b) All responses to Discovery and Inspection demands shall be served not later than _______days after receipt of the opposing party(ies) demand(s). (c) All demands for production of books, documents, records and other writings relevant to the issues in this case shall be deemed to include a demand for production of any photograph(s), audio tape(s), video tape(s), computer disk(s) or program(s) and e-mail. The failure to comply herewith may result in preclusion from the introduction of such evidence. (3) INTERROGATORIES: Limited to 25 questions per party (a) Interrogatories shall be served by______________on or before_________________. (b) Answers to interrogatories shall be served by____________on or before___________. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com (4) DEPOSITIONS: To be held as follows: (Priority shall be in accordance with CPLR 3106 unless otherwise agreed or ordered) Party Date Time Place __________________ ________ __________ _____________________ __________________ ________ __________ _____________________ __________________ ________ __________ _____________________ __________________ ________ __________ _____________________ __________________ ________ __________ _____________________ __________________ ________ __________ _____________________ FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR DEPOSITION AS SCHEDULED WILL BE DEEMED A WAIVER. FAILURE TO PRODUCE A SPECIFIED WITNESS FOR DEPOSITION WILL PRECLUDE SUCH WITNESS'S TESTIMONY AT TRIAL ON BEHALF OF THE PARTY FAILING TO PRODUCE. SUCH PARTY MAY ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE WAIVED THE DEPOSITION OF THE OPPOSING PARTY. (5) OTHER DISCLOSURE: (a) Commissions or letter rogatory (CPLR 3108): Identify and set forth the location of each witness: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ (b) Expert disclosure (CPLR 3101[d]) Plaintiff(s) shall provide expert disclosure by_________________________ Defendant(s) shall provide expert disclosure by_______________________ (6) PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE: (a) The term ESI shall include, but not be limited to, e-mails and attachments, voice mail, instant messaging and other electronic communications, word proc