Form with which an individual may formally accept an appointment as a corporate officer or representative.
Form with which an individual may formally accept an appointment as a corporate officer or representative.
The term "confer" requires a substantive conversation, in person or by telephone, in a good faith effort to resolve the motion without court action and does not envision written exchange of ultimatums. Counsel who merely attempt to confer have not conferred. An unanswered phone call or email is not a conferral.
Scheduling Hearings: Any matters requiring more than 30 minutes of hearing time must be scheduled through the Judge's Judicial Assistant by calling (813) 272-5778 or emailing civdivh@fljud13 to obtain available hearing times.
Initial Discovery Disclosures: Rule 1.280(a) now requires parties to provide initial discovery disclosures without awaiting a discovery request unless the case is exempt under Rule 1.280(a)(2) or the court orders otherwise.
A Notice of Confidential Information or Notice of Confidential Crime Victim Information within Court Filing should be filed separately in each case if multiple cases contain confidential information. An address can only be made confidential by filing a REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL FILING OF ADDRESS.
New rule 1.202 requires parties to confer before filing non-dispositive motions and to include a certificate of conferral with the motion.
(a) Meet and confer During this time, parties must discuss and make a good faith attempt to settle all issues, even if a complete settlement is not possible and only conditional agreements are made. The requirement to meet and confer does not apply to cases involving domestic violence.
FRCP 26(f)(2) requires the parties to do five things at the meet and confer: (a) consider the nature and basis of their claims and defenses; (b) consider the possibilities for promptly settling or resolving the case; (c) make or arrange for the disclosures required by FRCP 26(a)(1); (d) discuss any issues about ...