2 verbatim requirements on discovery.
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Unlock free →1. Case Management - All cases in Division (07) require a Case Management Order setting out discovery schedules and witness disclosure dates. The link for the form to be used for a CMO is listed below. No other CMO form may be used for cases filed after January 1, 2025.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 07fa74079840177942acf629bb75100a51ca263d0c1862a3d793cae5fab9aab3. Corpus categories: DISCOVERY. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Every party setting a hearing in Division AO must first confer in a good-faith effort to resolve the matter, and every hearing notice must include a certificate of that conferral. The division instructions state that conferral requires counsel to actually talk.
Under the 2025 case-management amendments, a movant must confer with the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve a nondispositive motion before filing it, and must include a certificate of conferral.
CV-E layers a second conferral on top of Rule 1.202: certify conferral before filing the motion (Exhibit A) and again before scheduling it for hearing (Exhibit B).