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The 58th District Court’s sua sponte Rule 190.4 discovery-control-plan order sets a deadline schedule (new parties, paper discovery, expert designations with CV and full report, discovery close, dispositive/Robinson-Havner motions, mediation, pretrial with all discovery objections brought forward or waived, and trial month). Mediation requires all parties to attend individually (corporations and insurers by a person with full authority) and mediate in good faith; Robinson/Havner motions not set for hearing by pretrial are waived; and the deadlines remain even if trial is not reached — "THERE WILL BE NO CONTINUANCES GRANTED."
Texas > Jefferson County > 58th District Court (Judge W. Kent Walston) — civil cases.
DISCOVERY CONTROL PLAN ORDER The Court acting sua sponte, pursuant to Rule 190.4, TRCP, finds that this action requires a Discovery Control Plan by order; it is, accordingly, ORDERED that the following schedule of deadlines is in effect pending further order of this court, and the following matters shall be accomplished on or before the following dates: [Form: each numbered item carries a DATES bl
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Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
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