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Litigation Committee

Overview

The Litigation Committee develops and presents continuing education programs and educational materials, and reports and comments on the effective and appropriate conduct of business in New York state and federal trial and appellate courts.
Chairs
- John M. Lundin
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Reports
- Active Judicial Case Management: Proposed Task Force (May 18, 2020)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): New York Law and Practice Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Time Limits for Service of Legal Actions: NY State Executive Orders (April 16, 2020)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee Coronavirus (COVID-19): City Bar Response and Resources
  
  Subject Area(s): Judicial Administration COVID-19/Coronavirus
- Letter to Unified Court System Regarding Court Operations in the Wake of COVID-19 (April 06, 2020)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on Litigation Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Coronavirus (COVID-19): City Bar Response and Resources
  
  Subject Area(s): Court Administration COVID-19/Coronavirus
- Proposed Amendment to Commercial Division Rule 6 to Permit the Court to Require Hyperlinking in Electronically Filed Documents: Comments (February 24, 2020)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on Litigation Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Office of Court Administration (OCA)
- “Highly Confidential – Attorney’s Eyes Only” Designations: Comments (November 22, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Judicial Administration
- Support for the Repeal of Commercial Division Rule 23: Comments (October 30, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Office of Court Administration (OCA)
- Proposed Amendment to Commercial Division Rule 6 to Require Proportionally Spaced Typeface: Comments (October 24, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Office of Court Administration (OCA)
- Proposed Revision to Commercial Division Rule 1 to Facilitate Remote Appearances by Counsel: Comments (September 30, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Office of Court Administration (OCA)
- Report in support of legislation to reform and modernize the administration of class actions in New York's courts (June 07, 2019)
  
  Author(s): State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee Judicial Administration, Council on
  
  Subject Area(s): Class Actions New York State Legislative Agenda
- Comments on OCA Proposed Adoption of Certain Rules of the Commercial Division in Other Courts of Civil Jurisdiction (January 29, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on Litigation Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Office of Court Administration (OCA)
- Comments on Proposals Concerning Commercial Division Rules 9-a, 11-e, and 17 (May 16, 2018)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on Litigation Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Office of Court Administration (OCA)
- Comments on Proposed Rule to Mitigate Risk of Inadvertent Privilege Waiver (February 01, 2018)
  
  Author(s): Litigation Committee Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Inadvertent Privilege Waiver Commercial Division Rules
- Comments on Proposed Statewide Rules of the Appellate Division (August 24, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on Litigation Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee
- Comments on the Proposed Large Complex Case List in the Commercial Division (July 25, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Commercial Division
- Comments on Proposed Rules for Electronic Filing in the Appellate Division (July 25, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Electronic Filing
- Comments on Proposed Commercial Division Rule Changes Relating to Alternative Dispute Resolution (June 02, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Alternative Dispute Resolution Commercial Division
- Comments on OCA’s Proposed Amendment of Rules for Electronic Filing Concerning Working Copies (June 02, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Electronic Filing
- Comments on Proposed Commercial Division Rule Relating to Applications for Temporary Restraining Orders (January 06, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Commercial Division Office of Court Administration (OCA)
- Comments on OCA's Proposed Rule of the Commercial Division Addressing the Sealing of Court Records (December 15, 2016)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on Communications & Media Law Committee Litigation Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Sealing
- Comments on proposed amendment of Commercial Division Rule relating to direct testimony in affidavit form by a party’s own witness in a non-jury trial or evidentiary hearing (July 26, 2016)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Commercial Division Testimony
- Requesting a Temporary Restraining Order in the Commercial Division of the NY County Supreme Court: A Practical Checklist (April 11, 2016)
  
  Author(s): Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): TRO
- Comments on the Unified Court System's Commercial Division Advisory Council's proposal to amend the Standard Form Confidentiality Order (March 28, 2016)
  
  Author(s): State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee Judicial Administration, Council on Communications & Media Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Commercial Division, Confidentiality Commercial Division
- Comments on proposed Commercial Division rule changes and proposed amendments to the Model Preliminary Conference Form (March 07, 2016)
  
  Author(s): State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee Judicial Administration, Council on
  
  Subject Area(s): Commercial Division
- Proposed amendments to Article 9 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules to reform and modernize the administration of class actions in NYS courts (November 05, 2015)
  
  Author(s): Litigation Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Judicial Administration, Council on
  
  Subject Area(s): Class Actions New York State Legislative Agenda
- Comments on Pending Proposals from the Commercial Division Advisory Council (June 11, 2015)
  
  Author(s): State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee Judicial Administration, Council on
  
  Subject Area(s): Commercial Division
- Comments on Proposed Commercial Division Rule Changes and New Model Compliance Conference Form (November 25, 2014)
  
  Author(s): State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Litigation Committee Judicial Administration, Council on
  
  Subject Area(s): Commercial Division
- Proposed Local Rule on E-Discovery (May 2012) (May 01, 2012)
  
  Author(s): Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): E-Discovery
- Report on the 1993 Amendments to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (May 2010) (June 01, 2010)
  
  Author(s): Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Pleadings
- Letter to the New York State Legislature urging that it pass legislation providing for judicial raises during the present legislative session (December 01, 2007)
  
  Author(s): Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Judicial Salaries
- Report on the Civil Appeals Management Program (CAMP) Survey (April 01, 2007)
  
  Author(s): Litigation Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Mediation
- State Class Actions: Three Proposed Amendments to Article 9 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules (September 01, 2003)
  
  Author(s): Judicial Administration, Council on Consumer Affairs Committee Litigation Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Federal Courts Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Class Actions
News & Media
- NYS Legislative Agenda: Reform and Modernize the Administration of Class Actions in New York’s Courts (January 07, 2020)
- Advocating in the Heat of the Legislative Session (May 31, 2019)
- Federal Court Judge Pamela Chen speaks to members of the NYC Bar Association (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) (February 06, 2019)
- Proposed Amendment Requires Supporting Papers to Accompany TROs (The National Law Review) (March 08, 2017)
- 2017 NYS Legislative Agenda: Reform and modernize the administration of class actions in New York’s courts by amending Article 9 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules (March 02, 2017)
- Becoming a US Magistrate Judge (December 05, 2016)
- City Bar Nominates Kiernan as Its Next President (May 15, 2016)
- City Bar Releases 2016 State Legislative Agenda (February 16, 2016)
Events
- (Webcast) Taking & Defending Depositions: Strategic Tips & Techniques (June 01, 2020)
- (Webinar) Litigation Issues for Small Law Firms and Solos in the COVID-19 World (June 23, 2020)

Litigation Committee

The Litigation Committee develops and presents continuing education programs and educational materials, and reports and comments on the effective and appropriate conduct of business in New York state and federal trial and appellate courts.

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