A request for a preliminary conference having been filed, or the court having acted on its own initiative pursuant to 22 NYCRR § 202.12(j), this case is assigned to Part IA-15 because plaintiff has alleged “serious injury” due to a motor vehicle accident.
If that effort fails, then counsel of record shall, no less than two weeks in advance of deadlines and prior to initiating motion practice, bring the dispute to the attention of the Court as set forth in Section 11 of this order.
The parties are advised, however, that nothing in this paragraph relieves them of the obligation of demonstrating sufficient good faith efforts to resolve their discovery disputes without resort to court intervention via motion (see 22 NYCRR §202.20-f).
Absent good cause, non-compliance with this order, including the failure to raise discovery problems in advance of deadlines, may result in the imposition of penalties upon the offending party and, where warranted, upon counsel.
(Ex. IAS Part-15, Document Type) Only counsel fully familiar with and authorized to settle, stipulate, or dispose of actions shall appear at the conference.