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Local Rules of United States District Courts
for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Effective: April 15th, 1997
Includes: Amendments through April 18th, 2013

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Standing Orders

May 23, 2013

Final Report of the Joint Committee on Local Rules Concerning Amendments to the Local Civil Rules of The Southern and Eastern Districts of New York to Authorize Non-Dispositive Letter-Motions

April 5, 2013

Standing Order In re Local Patent Rules of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

April 5, 2013

Standing Order In re Local Patent Rules of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

February 2, 2012

Standing Order of Reference Re: Title 11

October 31, 2011

In re Pilot Project Regarding Case Management Techniques for Complex Civil Cases

March 23, 2011

Rules for the Division of Business Among District Judges

January 3, 2011

In Re: Cases Assigned to Mediation by Automatic Referral

October 12, 2010

In Re: Local Civil Rule 83.12 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

February 18, 2010

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