Chief Judge Pallmeyer opted for an abbreviated format for her sixth amended COVID General Order issued, Friday, September 4. That is presumably because the order is simpler than it was at the outset of the pandemic. There are no blanket case extension. The General Order basically extends provisions limiting courthouse access to wha tis necessary.
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Northern District & Seventh Circuit Require Face Masks
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Legal News, Local Rules
Judges Wood & Pallmeyer issued a joint order requiring that everyone in public spaces of the Northern District and Seventh Circuit wear face masks or coverings. The order includes all public spaces including the lobby, elevators, restrooms, public corridors and also courtrooms, absent direction otherwise from the presiding judge. The mask must cover both the…
Northern District of Illinois Extends all Civil Deadlines 28 More Days — 77 Total
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Posted in Legal News, Local Rules
On Friday, April 24, Chief Judge Pallmeyer entered a Third Amended General Order updating the first two (which extended all civil deadlines 21 days and than an additional 28 days, respectively) and further addressing the “Coronavirus COVID-19 public Emergency.” Beyond setting out the further extension and addressing hearings, settlement conferences and trials, the biggest…
Northern District of Illinois Extends All Civil Deadlines 28 Days in Response to COVID-19
By R. David Donoghue on
This afternoon, Chief Judge Pallmeyer entered a second general order updating the first general order (which extended all civil deadlines 21 days) and further addressing the “Coronavirus COVID-19 public Emergency” The Court ordered as follows:
- For all civil cases, all case deadlines whether set by the Federal Rules, Local Rules, Court order or Executive Committee
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Late Discovery Responses Come With Consequences
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Discovery, Local Rules
Hangzhou Aoshuang E-Comm. Co. v. 008Fashion, et al., No. 19 C 4565, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Dec. 3, 2019) (Cole, Mag. J.).
Magistrate Judge Cole granted defendants’ (collectively “008Fashion”) motion for an extension to respond to discovery requests and to vacate the Court’s prior order finding that 008Fashion’s responses were late and requiring compliance…
Motion to Produce US Discovery in a Foreign Case Must be Filed as a Separate Action
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Posted in Discovery, Local Rules
Republic Techs. (NA), LLC v. BBK Tobacco & Foods LLP d/b/a HBI Int’l., No. 16 C 3401, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jan. 14, 2020) (Harjani, Mag. J.)
Magistrate Judge Harjani denied defendant HBI’s 28 U.S.C. § 1782 motion for an order to take discovery for use in a foreign proceeding in this trademark proceeding…
Patentholder Must Specifically Identify Conception & Reduction to Practice Dates
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Local Rules
Beckman Coulter, Inc. v. Sysmex Am., Inc., No. 18 C 6563, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Apr. 26, 2019) (Rowland, Mag. J.).
Magistrate Judge Rowland granted in part defendants’ (collectively “Sysmex”) motion to compel more definite responses regarding plaintiff Beckman Coulter’s dates of conception and reduction to practice in this patent case involving automated software…
N.D. Illinois Requires Confidential Documents be Filed Electronically
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Posted in Local Rules
The Northern District of Illinois has amended Local Rule 5.8 (Filing Materials Under Seal) to require that all documents filed either by counsel or a non-represented party with an e-filing account be filed electronically pursuant to Local Rule 26.2, unless the Court has held that the documents need not be filed electronically pursuant to…
Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot No Longer Requires Answering Along With a Motion to Dismiss
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Local Rules
Effective December 1, 2018, the Northern District’s Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (“MIDP”) no longer requires that a defendant answer along with filing a Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 motion to dismiss, including fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim. For the first eighteen months of the MIDP –…
Seventh Circuit Forbids Magistrates From Awarding Monetary Sanctions
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First Classics, Inc. v. Jack Lake Prods., Inc., No. 17 C 1996, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Jun. 1, 2017) (Cole, Mag. J.).
Judge Cole granted plaintiff’s motion to cancel the parties’ agreed settlement conference, but denied plaintiff’s motion for monetary sanctions without prejudice to refile its motion with more detail.
Because defendant refused to…