Meeting Requirement on Motions
a. Discovery
Motions
Please see separate link
entitled “Discovery Motion Requirements” on Judge McShain’s website.
b. Other Motions
The meet and confer
requirement can have the same effect on other disputes that it has in connection
with discovery disputes. A candid discussion between the parties prior to
filing motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and motions in
limine, among others, can limit the scope of such motions or eliminate the
need for them to be filed at all.
Thus, the Court will
apply the meet and confer requirement not just to discovery motions, but to all
motions that a party wishes to file. The comments above concerning what must be
done to comply with the meet and confer requirement will be applied with equal
force, and in the same way, with respect to all other motions.
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