District of New Jersey Service and Proof of Service Rules

Impeachment/rebuttal documents not marked as exhibits must be emailed to Court staff for screen sharing.

Source text: If a lawyer wants to use a document that is not a marked exhibit for impeachment or rebuttal, he or she must send the relevant document via email to a member of the Court staff identified by the Court who will then share the document on the screen as directed by the lawyer.

Non-exhibit impeachment or rebuttal documents must be emailed to Court staff for screen sharing during Zoom proceedings.

Source text: If a lawyer wants to use a document that is not a marked exhibit for impeachment or rebuttal, he or she must send the relevant document via email to a member of the Court staff identified by the Court who will then share the document on the screen as directed by the lawyer.

Exhibits must be circulated to all attorneys, witnesses, and the Court in advance of hearing or trial per a Court-provided deadline.

Source text: All exhibits should be circulated to all attorneys, witnesses, and the Court in advance of hearing or trial. The Court will provide you with a deadline for submission of these documents.

Parties must provide participant email addresses with role descriptions, including emails for witnesses, experts, and other participants, to the Court.

Source text: Parties are responsible for providing participant e-mail addresses to the Court, including a brief description of the role that each participant plays in the case. These e-mail addresses should include the e-mail address for any witness, expert or other interested, participating party.

Exhibits must be circulated to all attorneys, witnesses, and the Court in advance of hearing or trial.

Source text: All exhibits should be circulated to all attorneys, witnesses, and the Court in advance of hearing or trial.

Non-exhibit documents used for impeachment or rebuttal must be emailed to Court staff for screen sharing during proceedings.

Source text: If a lawyer wants to use a document that is not a marked exhibit for impeachment or rebuttal, he or she must send the relevant document via email to a member of the Court staff identified by the Court who will then share the document on the screen as directed by the lawyer.

All litigants must receive a contemporaneous copy of all correspondence sent to the Court.

Source text: All litigants should be sent a contemporaneous copy of all correspondence sent to the Court.

All documents intended for the Court or jury must first be handed to the Courtroom Deputy.

Source text: Any and all documents to be provided to the Court or viewed by the jury should first be handed to the Courtroom Deputy.

Lay witness opinion testimony on liability or damages requires serving opposing parties with expert-witness-equivalent information at expert report deadline.

Source text: Any litigant expecting to offer opinion testimony from lay witnesses pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 701 with respect to issues of liability or damages shall, at the time required for submission of expert reports, serve the opposing litigants with the same information and/or documents required with respect to such expert witnesses.

Moving Submissions for sentencing variances, downward departures, or mitigation must be served on the Court no fewer than two weeks before sentencing.

Source text: Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, a party moving for a variance, downward departure, or submission in mitigation of a sentence (a “Moving Submission”) is instructed to directly serve the Court, in accordance with the procedures set forth in subsection ii below, no fewer than two weeks prior to the sentencing date.

Responsive Submissions to sentencing-related motions must be submitted and served no fewer than one week before sentencing.

Source text: The responsive party’s submission (a “Responsive Submission”) to any related motions shall be submitted and served, in accordance with the procedures set forth in subsection ii below, no fewer than one week prior to the sentencing date.

All Sentencing Materials must be submitted directly to the Court.

Source text: All sentencing memoranda, supporting exhibits, and correspondence (collectively, the “Sentencing Materials”), shall be submitted directly to the Court.

Unrepresented Requestors must submit redaction access requests via email to Courtroom Deputy and Counsel; represented parties use the docket.

Source text: A member of the public or the press who wishes to have access to portions of the redacted sections of the Sentencing Materials shall advise the Court, via a written submission on the docket (or if unrepresented by counsel, via e-mail to the Courtroom Deputy and all Counsel of Record) that it seeks access to redactions contained within the Sentencing Materials.

Initial disclosures under FRCP 26 must be served by the date specified in the scheduling order.

Source text: The initial disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 must be served by Click here to enter a date..

Affirmative expert disclosures and reports must be served by the date specified in the scheduling order.

Source text: All affirmative expert disclosures and reports (liability and damages) must be served by Click here to enter a date..

Responding expert disclosures and reports must be served by the date specified in the scheduling order.

Source text: All responding expert disclosures and reports must be served by Click here to enter a date..

Settlement letters and discovery dispute letters containing confidential information must be submitted by email to SDA_orders@njd.uscourts.gov.

Source text: Settlement letters and any discovery dispute letters containing information subject to a Discovery Confidentiality Order shall be submitted by email to SDA_orders@njd.uscourts.gov.

Motions to enforce or quash a subpoena involving third parties must be made with notice to the relevant third party.

Source text: Motions to secure enforcement of a subpoena or to quash a subpoena involving third parties must be made with notice to the relevant third party.

Settlement memoranda must be submitted via email to SDA_orders@njd.uscourts.gov.

Source text: Each party is required to submit, by email to SDA_orders@njd.uscourts.gov, a confidential settlement memorandum of no more than ten (10) double spaced pages no later than five (5) business days before the conference.

Parties hiring own court reporter for in-person U.S. Court of International Trade hearings must provide transcript copy to court.

Source text: In such a case, the Parties shall provide a copy of the transcript to the court.

Exhibits should be circulated to all attorneys, witnesses, and the Court in advance of trial.

Source text: All exhibits should be circulated to all attorneys, witnesses, and the Court in advance of trial.

Exhibits should be circulated to all attorneys, witnesses, and the Court in advance of hearing or trial.

Source text: All exhibits should be circulated to all attorneys, witnesses, and the Court in advance of hearing or trial.

Submitting parties should furnish copies of Sentencing Materials to all Counsel of Record and the U.S. Probation Department.

Source text: The submitting party is also expected to furnish copies to all Counsel of Record and the United States Probation Department.