Under BCLR 4, every case at the Business Court will be governed by a scheduling order and accompanied by corporate disclosure statements from the parties.
The parties must confer on and jointly file a proposed scheduling order using the form for the assigned judge assigned to the case.
Scheduling Order Forms
Scheduling order forms for each judge are found below:
First Division (Judge Bouressa)
First Division (Judge Whitehill)
Third Division (Judges Andrews and Sweeten) and Fourth Division (Judges Bernard and Sharp)
The Third and Fourth Division judges use the same form.
Eighth Division (Judges Bullard and Stagner)
The Eight Division also requires the filing of an Initial Case Status Report concurrently with the parties' Scheduling Order.
Eleventh Division (Judges Adrogué and Dorfman)
Due Date
This filing is due within 30 days from the first appearance of any defendant if initially filed in the Business Court. If the action was removed or transferred, the filing is due within 30 days from the filing of the notice of removal or the order of transfer.
Corporate Disclosure Statements
The proposed scheduling order must be accompanied by each party’s corporate-disclosure statement, identifying all persons, associations of persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, guarantors, insurers, affiliates, parent corporations, or other legal entities who or which are financially interested in the outcome of the litigation. Later-joined parties must file corporate-disclosure statements within 14 days after their first appearance.
The corporate-disclosure statement must also list the names of opposing law firms and counsel in the case. However, governmental entities need not file a corporate-disclosure statement
You can find the corporate disclosure statement here: