SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------------X Present: Shirley Werner Kornreich Justice IAS: Part 54 Plaintiff(s), -against- Index No.:____________________ Defendant(s). --------------------------------------------------------------------X PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE ORDER COMMERCIAL DIVISION APPEARANCES: Plaintiff(s):_____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Defendant(s):___________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ It is hereby ORDERED that disclosure shall proceed as follows: (1) Paper Discovery Demands: (a) Demand for a bill of particulars, demand for discovery and inspection, and interrogatories shall be served by all parties on or before _________________________. (b) Responses shall be served by all parties on or before _________________________. (c) Third party subpoenas, requests for commissions and letters rogatory shall be served or submitted by _________________________. (2) Electronic Discovery: Have all parties met and conferred about how electronic discovery will be conducted? Yes________ No_________ Have the parties entered into a stipulation governing electronic discovery? 1 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Yes________ No_________ The parties will enter into a stipulation governing electronic discovery by ___________, or a telephone conference will be held on ____________ at __________ at which time the Court will order the manner in which electronic discovery will be conducted. (3) Depositions: (a) Party depositions to be completed by: _________________________. (b) Non-party depositions to be completed by: _________________________. (c) Post-deposition document demands must be served within 20 days of the deposition giving rise to the demand. (4) End of Fact Discovery: (a) All fact discovery to be completed by: _________________________. (5) Expert Discovery: (a) Expert reports to be exchanged by: _________________________. (b) Rebuttals to be exchanged by: ___________________________. (c) Expert depositions to be completed by: _________________________. (5) Impleader: (a) Impleader must be completed within 20 days of the disclosure giving rise to the impleader. (6) Note of Issue: (a) Plaintiff shall file a note of issue/certificate of readiness by:_____________________. (b) A copy of the order setting the note of issue filing date shall be served and filed with the note of issue. (7) Motions: 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com filed. (a) All dispositive motions shall be made no later than 60 days after the note of issue is (b) Service of motions pursuant to CPLR 3211 or 3212 shall not stay discovery absent further court order. (8) Compliance Conferences: (a) A Compliance Conference shall be held on _________________________. (b) The parties must bring copies of all disclosure orders to all conferences. (c) Discovery disputes between conferences shall be resolved by calling chambers between 4:00 and 6:00 at 646-386-3363 with all parties who have appeared on the line. THE DATES SET FORTH HEREIN MAY NOT BE ADJOURNED EXCEPT WITH APPROVAL OF THE COURT SO ORDERED: Dated: ______________ _________________________________, J.S.C. ADDITIONAL DIRECTIVES ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ SO ORDERED: 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Dated: ______________ _________________________________, J.S.C. 4 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com