Rule Change Redux, 2022 Edition
April 14, 2023
Did you know that the New York State United Court System publishes an annual report covering the advances, challenges, and achievements in and by our New York State courts over the past year? If you did not, now is the time to head over to the NYCourts website and browse the recently released 45th Annual Report covering the 2022 calendar year.
The Annual Report is a visual reminder that we practice in “one of the largest, busiest, most complex court systems in the world,” as Acting Chief Administrative Judge Tamiko Amaker describes. Accompanied by vivid photos of some of the people and places involved with our courts, the 2022 Annual Report highlights the UCS’s initiatives toward equal justice within the courts (pgs. 15-23) and public access to justice (pgs. 25-39), as well as a fiscal overview of the UCS (pg. 55), and caseload statistics (pgs. 59-69).
Of particular interest to readers of this blog is the feature on the Commercial Division.
Since its creation in 1995, the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court has transformed business litigation and made the State a preferred forum for complex business disputes. Renowned as one of the world’s most efficient venues for the resolution of commercial disputes and located in the world’s leading financial center, the Commercial Division is available to businesses of all sizes, both inside and outside the State of New York
Ever advancing the ball in substantive areas of the law and procedural rules and practices, the Commercial Division adopted and enacted 11 of the new procedural rules and amendments proposed by the Commercial Division Advisory Council in 2022 (which this blog has spotlighted), to wit:
- Discovery of ESI: Amendment to Rules 1, 8, 9, 11-c, 11-e 11-g and Appendices, AO/72/22
- Statements of Material Facts in Connection with Summary Judgment Motions: Amendment to Rule 19-a, AO/98/22
- Interlineation of Responsive Pleadings: Amendment to Rule 6, AO/189/22
- Clarification of Orders to Show Cause: Amendment to Rule 19, AO/153/22
- Use of Remote Appearance Technology to Avoid Adjournments of Conferences: Amendment to Rule 15, AO/171/22
As we move further into 2023, keep an eye on this blog for updates on developments in the Commercial Division’s rules and practices. As we’ve said before, always check the rules!
Hat tip to Chair of the Advisory Council and friend-of-the-blog, Robert L. Haig, for continuing to share with us the good work being done by the Advisory Council throughout the year.