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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, in conjunction with the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, presents:

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Insights into Federal Practice: Perspectives of the Bench and Bar

Panelists

Hon. Noel L. Hillman, U.S. District Judge Hon. Ann Marie Donio, U.S. Magistrate Judge

Hon. Joel Schneider, U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine O’Hearn, Esq., Brown & Connery, LLP

This program is designed to give practitioners an opportunity to hear Judges’ and colleagues’ insights into various aspects of federal practice. Topics to include:

Initial Conferences

Discovery Disputes

Dispositive Motions

Settlement Conferences

Trial

And More

Date: Friday, February 24, 2017

Time: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Mitchell H. Cohen Building & U.S. Courthouse Jury Assembly Room

4th & Cooper Streets

Camden, NJ Th

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Table of Contents

Initial Scheduling Order .......................................................................................................1

Amendment to Local Civil Rule 16.1, dated September 30, 2016 –

Regarding Pretrial Conferences and Case Management ......................................................2

Joint Discovery Plan ............................................................................................................3

Federal R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1): Duty to Disclose; General Provisions

Governing Discovery (Required Disclosures) (Initial Disclosure) .....................................4

Amendment to Local Civil Rule 26.1, dated September 30, 2016 –

Regarding Discovery ...........................................................................................................5

Federal R. Civ. P. 34(b): Producing Documents, Electronically Stored

Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection

and Other Purposes (Procedure) ..........................................................................................6

Federal R. Civ. P. 37(e): Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in

Discovery; Sanctions – (Failure to Preserve Electronically Stored

Information) .........................................................................................................................7

Appendix S – Discovery Confidentiality Order...................................................................8

Amendment to Local Civil Rule 5.3, dated September 30, 2016 –

Regarding Confidentiality Order and Sealing......................................................................9

Joint Final Pre-Trial Order (Camden Vicinage) ................................................................10

Motion Calendar for 2017 ..................................................................................................11

Amendment to Local Civil Rule 41.1, dated November 10, 2016 –

Dismissal of Inactive Cases ...............................................................................................12

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey - Judicial

Preferences .........................................................................................................................13