Local Rule LR 16.4: CASE-MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

LR 16.4 CASE-MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

(a) The court may schedule a case-management conference at any time if the complexity of the case or other factors warrant such a conference.

(b) A party may request that a case-management conference be scheduled.

(c) The court may, before a case-management conference, require the parties to prepare a plan to efficiently manage litigation costs. The parties should consider case-management techniques such as, among others:

(1) limiting the number, length or scope of depositions;

(2) minimizing travel costs and saving attorney time by using telephonic and videoconferencing tools for depositions;

(3) using a shared digital document repository;

(4) using multiple-track discovery to expedite complex matters;

(5) minimizing discovery costs by stipulating to facts; and

(6) enforcing discovery deadlines that promote adequate but prompt case preparation.

(d) After a case-management conference, the court may adopt a case-management order.

[Adopted effective November 1, 1996; amended July 23, 2012]