Amendments to Rules of the U.S. Court of International Trade

Notice of Amendments to the Rules

On September 19, 2017 and March 20, 2018, the United States Court of International Trade approved amendments to the following Rules that will become effective on April 23, 2018:

Rule 1. Scope and Purpose
Rule 4. Service of Summons and Complaint
Rule 5. Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Rule 6. Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers
Rule 7. Pleadings and Motions
Rule 16. Postassignment Conferences; Scheduling; Management
Rule 26. Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
Rule 30. Depositions by Oral Examination
Rule 31. Depositions by Written Questions
Rule 33. Interrogatories to Parties
Rule 34. Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
Rule 37. Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
Rule 55. Default Judgment
Rule 56.1. Judgment on an Agency Record for an Action Other Than That Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c)
Rule 56.2. Judgment on an Agency Record for an Action Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c)
Rule 73.1. Documents in an Action Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(a) or (b)
Administrative Order 02-01 In re Electronic Filing Procedures and Submission of Confidential Information

Technical amendments were also made to Form 21 and the listing of Judges of the Court

A copy of the amendments is available for review at the Court’s website: www.cit.uscourts.gov

 

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