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`SECTION II
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`SECTION II
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`Exhibits
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`Proposed Schedule For Trial Exchanges
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`a. Demonstrative Exhibits
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`Each party will exchange by e-mail any Demonstrative Exhibit by 7pm Central one
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`calendar day before the Exhibit will first be used at trial. For example, a Demonstrative Exhibit
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`intended for use at trial on Monday, July 16, 2018, would be exchanged no later than 7pm.
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`Central on Sunday, July 15, 2018. The party receiving identification of a Demonstrative Exhibit
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`shall inform the party identifying the Exhibit of any objection by 9pm Central on the day of
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`receipt of identification of the Exhibit. The parties shall meet-and-confer as soon as reasonably
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`possible thereafter to resolve any such objections. The provision applies to Demonstrative
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`Exhibits used in opening statements and Demonstrative Exhibits intended for use in direct
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`examination of non-adverse witnesses.
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`If any Demonstrative Exhibit changes after the deadline for disclosure, the party
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`intending to use the Exhibit shall promptly notify the opposing party of the changes, and the
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`opposing party may pose appropriate objections within a reasonable time.
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`For each Demonstrative Exhibit that is based on a document or documents produced in
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`discovery, the party offering the Demonstrative Exhibit shall disclose to the opposing party,
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`either (1) on the face of the Exhibit or (b) in a table or other writing provided at the time the
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`exhibit is exchanged, all documents that form the basis of the exhibit. The documents shall be
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`identified by Trial Exhibit number.
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`b. Trial Exhibits
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`Each party shall provide by e-mail to opposing counsel a listing of all Exhibits a party
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`intends to use during direct examination of a non-adverse witness by 7pm Central two calendar
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`days before they will be used at trial. For example, a listing of all Exhibits intended for use
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`during direct examination of non-adverse witnesses on Monday, July 16, 2018, would be
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`exchanged by e-mail no later than 7pm Central on Saturday, July 14, 2018.
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`The party receiving identification of Exhibits intended for use in direct examination of
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`non-adverse witnesses shall inform the party identifying the Exhibits of any objections by 9pm
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`Central on the day of receipt of the Exhibits. The parties shall meet and confer as soon as
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`reasonably possible thereafter to resolve such objections.
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`The advance notification procedures for Exhibits described above do not apply to
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`Demonstrative Exhibits created in the courtroom during live testimony, Demonstrative or Trial
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`Exhibits intended for use in cross-examination, or to excerpts, enlargements, and/or highlights of
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`the text of Exhibits that already appear on a party’s Exhibit List or previously have been properly
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`identified for use during the examination of a witness.
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`Exhibits used solely for impeachment or cross-examination are not required to be listed
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`on the exhibit lists. The parties reserve the right to object on evidentiary or discovery grounds to
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`any such exhibit if used at trial.
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`If good-faith efforts to resolve objections to an Exhibit fail, the objecting party shall bring
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`its objections to the Court’s attention before the applicable witness is called to the witness stand.
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`II. Witnesses
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`By 7pm Central two calendar days before a witness will be called to testify (whether live
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`or by deposition), the name of the witness will be identified by e-mail to opposing counsel, along
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`with an explanation of whether the witness will testify live or by deposition, as well as the expected
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`order of presentation. Thereafter, each party shall update its list of expected witnesses at the end
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`of each trial day.
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`For witnesses testifying by deposition, the introducing party shall identify the particular
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`designated deposition testimony (by page and line numbers) that are actually intended to be played
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`or read at trial, or a disclosure that all pages and lines previously designated will be played, by
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`7pm Central two calendar days before introducing the deposition testimony. By 9am Central on
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`the next calendar day, the opposing party shall identify any specific pages and lines from that
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`deposition testimony to counter-designate and any testimony to which it maintains an objection.
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`The parties shall meet and confer to resolve any objections. To provide the introducing party
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`adequate time to prepare any necessary video/DVD of the testimony, a final meet-and-confer shall
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`be conducted, if necessary, by the lunch break or no later than 4pm, on the calendar day before the
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`testimony is to be introduced. If the parties are unable to resolve objections to disputed testimony,
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`they shall present such objections to the Court on the day before intended deposition use at an
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`appropriate time before the testimony is to be presented.
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`III. Opening Statements / Closing Arguments
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`The parties intend to seek guidance at the Pretrial Conference regarding the Court’s
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`preference for closing arguments in this bench trial. After the Pretrial Conference, the parties
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`will discuss an appropriate exchange for opening statement and/or closing argument exhibits and
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`demonstratives.
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