Get IL EX 26.2 2013-2024

As an alternative to filing under seal, Local Rule 26.2 allows individual judges, at their discretion, to order parties to retain copies of confidential documents in lieu of filing them with the Clerk of Court, to file a redacted copy with the Clerk of Court, and to provide the judge with a complete copy for in camera ...

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, briefs in support of or opposition to a motion should be no more than 15 pages, and reply briefs should be no more than 10. Before filing a motion, the movant's counsel must ask opposing counsel whether there is an objection to the motion.

Settlement In a case where the trial will be conducted without a jury, particularly as the case nears the date set for trial, the preferred method of having the court preside over settlement talks is for the assigned judge to arrange for another judge to preside or to refer the task to a magistrate judge.

Pursuant to Local Rule 83.15(a), applicants who do not have an office within the Northern District of Illinois must designate, at the time of filing their initial notice or pleading, a member of the bar of this Court having an office within this District upon who service of papers may be made.

Depositions must be civil, and attorneys must be respectful to witnesses, to the court reporter, and to other attorneys. Counsel must conduct themselves as if the Court were present, and as if the jury were watching.

United States Courts - Norther District Of Illinois. Rule 26(a)(1), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, requires parties to make initial disclosures within 14 days of the Rule 26(f) conference. Parties are encouraged to conduct their Rule 26(f) conference within 21 days after defendant has filed an appearance.

Rule 83, which has not been amended since the Federal Rules were promulgated in 1938, permits each district to adopt local rules not inconsistent with the Federal Rules by a majority of the judges. The only other requirement is that copies be furnished to the Supreme Court.

Pursuant to Local Rule 83.14, an attorney who is not a member of the General Bar of the Northern District of Illinois may appear in a case only upon being granted leave to appear pro hac vice. A petition for admission under Rule 83.14 is made on a form approved by the Executive Committee.