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Superior Court Business Litigation Session Procedural Orders and Formal Guidance

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Administrative Directives

Superior Court Administrative Directive No. 24-1: Business Litigation Sessions 

Procedural orders and formal guidance documents

Open PDF file, 277.85 KB,  Formal Guidance of the Business Litigation Session Regarding Protective Orders - June 3, 2025 (English, PDF 277.85 KB)
Open DOCX file, 32.06 KB,  Business Litigation Session Model Protective Order - Word Version - June 3, 2025 (English, DOCX 32.06 KB)
Open PDF file, 560.54 KB,  Procedural Order of the Business Litigation Session Regarding Appearances by Telephone (English, PDF 560.54 KB)
Open PDF file, 80.71 KB,  Procedural Order of the Business Litigation Session Regarding Partial Dispositive Motions (effective March 1, 2019) (English, PDF 80.71 KB)
Open PDF file, 79.37 KB,  Procedural Order of the Business Litigation Session Regarding Reply Memoranda (English, PDF 79.37 KB)
Formal Guidance of the Business Litigation Session regarding hearings, trials, and electronic filings  
Formal Guidance of the Business Litigation Sessions regarding motions for reconsideration 

Forms

Open PDF file, 179.37 KB,  Business Litigation Session Civil Action Cover Sheet (Fillable Form) (English, PDF 179.37 KB)
Open PDF file, 51.39 KB,  Sample BLS Rule 16 Conference Notice (English, PDF 51.39 KB)

Other documents

Open PDF file, 17.8 KB,  Introduction to BLS Discovery Project (English, PDF 17.8 KB)

Additional resources

Business Litigation Session Frequently Asked Questions 

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