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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`META PLATFORMS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff.
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`BRANDTOTAL LTD., et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 20-cv-07182-JCS
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`CASE MANAGEMENT AND
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`IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
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`I. TRIAL DATE
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`A. Jury trial will begin on October 31, 2022, at 8:30 a.m., in Courtroom TBD, U.S. District
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`Court, 450 Golden Gate, San Francisco, California.
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`B. The length of the trial will be not more than eight (8) days.
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`II.
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`PRETRIAL CONFERENCE
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`A Final Pretrial Conference shall be held on October 7, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., by Zoom (Zoom
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`Webinar: 161 926 0804. Password: 050855). Each party shall attend by lead trial counsel.
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`III. TRIAL PROCEDURES
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`A. Counsel shall not prepare a Joint Pretrial Conference Statement. Instead, thirty
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`(30) calendar days in advance of the Final Pretrial Conference, please do the following:
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`1. In lieu of preparing a Joint Pretrial Conference Statement, the parties shall meet
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`and confer in person, prepare and file a jointly signed Proposed Final Pretrial
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`Order that contains: (a) a brief description of the substance of claims and defenses
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`which remain to be decided; (b) a statement of all relief sought; (c) all stipulated
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`facts; (d) a list of all factual issues that remain to be tried, stating the issues with
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`the same generality/specificity as any contested elements in the relevant jury
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`instructions and organized by counts; (e) a joint exhibit list in numerical order,
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`including a brief description of the exhibit and Bates numbers, a blank column for
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`when it will be offered into evidence, a blank column for when it may be received
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`into evidence, and a blank column for any limitations on its use; and (f) each
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`party’s separate witness list for its case-in-chief witnesses (including those
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`appearing by deposition) providing, for all such witnesses, a short statement of
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`the substance of his/her testimony and, separately, what, if any, non-cumulative
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`testimony the witness will offer. If non-cumulative testimony is not spelled out,
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`the Court will presume the witness is cumulative. For each witness, state an
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`hour/minute time estimate for the direct examination (only). Items (e) and (f)
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`should be appendices to the proposed order. The proposed order should also state
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`which issues, if any, are for the Court to decide, rather than the jury. The
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`objective is to convert the proposed order to a final order with the benefit of any
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`discussion at the Final Pretrial Conference.
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`2. File a joint set of proposed instructions on substantive issues of law arranged in a
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`logical sequence. If undisputed, an instruction shall be identified as "Stipulated
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`Instruction No.__ Re__," with the blanks filled in as appropriate. Disputed
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`instructions shall be identified as "Disputed Instruction No.__ Re__." Where the
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`parties offer competing versions of a disputed instruction, both versions shall be
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`inserted together, back to back, in their logical place in the overall sequence. All
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`disputed versions of the same basic instruction shall bear the same number. For
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`all disputed instructions, regardless of whether the parties offer competing
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`versions of a disputed instruction or a disputed instruction on a particular subject
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`is offered by only one party, each party shall provide a brief explanation of its
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`position, with citations to relevant authority. These explanations should be
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`inserted in the joint jury instructions on the page(s) immediately following the
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`disputed instruction(s). Even if stipulated, an instruction shall be supported by
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`citation to relevant authority and/or identifying the source of the proposed
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`instruction in the case of form instructions. Any modification to a form
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`instruction should be plainly identified. With respect to form preliminary
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`instructions, general instructions, or concluding instructions, the parties should
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`use the Ninth Circuit Model Jury Instructions when available. As to those
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`instructions, the parties may simply cite to the numbers of the requested
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`instructions in the current edition of the Ninth Circuit Model Jury Instructions.
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`Other than citing the numbers, the parties need not include preliminary, general,
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`or concluding instructions in the packet.
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`3. File a joint set of proposed voir dire questions supplemented as necessary by
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`separate requests for good cause only.
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`4. Any motions in limine shall be submitted as follows: at least thirty (30) calendar
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`days before the conference, the moving party shall serve, but not file, the opening
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`brief. The responding party shall serve the opposition, ensuring that it is
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`delivered to the moving party no later than noon Pacific Time at least twenty (20)
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`calendar days before the conference. There will be no reply. When the
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`oppositions are received, the moving party should collate the motion and the
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`opposition together, back-to-back, and then file the paired sets at least twenty
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`(20) calendar days before the conference. Each motion should be presented in a
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`separate memorandum and properly identified, for example, “Plaintiff’s Motion
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`in Limine No. 1 to Exclude . . . .” Please limit motions in limine to circumstances
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`that really need a ruling in advance. Usually five or fewer motions per side is
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`sufficient. Each motion should address a single, separate topic, and contain no
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`more than seven pages of briefing per side. Leave of Court will be required for
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`more or longer motions.
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`5. File trial briefs on any controlling issues of law.
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`6. File proposed verdict forms, joint or separate.
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`B. Not less than ten (10) days before the Pretrial Conference, counsel or the parties
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`shall file and serve any objections to exhibits.
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`C. Exhibits and witnesses not included in the Proposed Joint Pretrial Order pursuant to
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`Paragraph III.A. may not be used in a party’s case-in-chief and may not be used during cross
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`examination of the other side's case- in-chief (other than for impeachment). Defense witnesses are
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`not rebuttal witnesses. Objections not raised pursuant to Paragraph III.B. are waived.
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`D. Chambers’ copies of the aforementioned documents shall submitted in .pdf format
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`and emailed to JCSPO@cand.uscourts.gov. Please do not submit paper copies unless requested by
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`the Court. The Joint Proposed Final Pretrial Order, jury instructions, and verdict form shall be
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`submitted via e-mail as attachments, in MS Word format, to Judge Spero's Law Clerk
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`Melissa_Dawson@cand.uscourts.gov, or Sam_Wheeler@cand.uscourts.gov
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` and to Judge Spero's Courtroom Deputy Karen_Hom@cand.uscourts.gov. Please do not submit
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`papers copies unless requested by the Court.
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`E. At the Final Pretrial Conference, the above submissions shall be considered and
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`argued. The parties shall submit a joint summary of all rulings in proposed order format.
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`PRETRIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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`F. Should a daily transcript and/or real-time reporting be desired, the parties shall
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`make arrangements with Richard Duvall, Supervisor of the Court Reporting Services, at (415)
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`522-2079, or Richard_Duvall@cand.uscourts.gov, at least fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the
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`trial date.
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`G. During trial, counsel may wish to use overhead projectors, computer graphics,
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`poster blow-ups, models, or specimens of devices. Equipment should be shared by all counsel to
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`the maximum extent possible. The Court has an AV cart that can be made available to counsel. If
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`the parties are interested in using the Court's AV cart, they should contact the deputy clerk one (1)
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`week prior to the final pretrial conference to inquire about availability. The AV cart can't be
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`reserved until the day of the final pretrial conference. Once the AV cart has been reserved, the
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`deputy clerk will make arrangements with counsel for training on the AV cart. If the AV cart is
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`not available, the Court can only provide an easel. The United States Marshal requires a court
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`order to allow equipment into the courthouse. For electronic equipment, parties should be
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`prepared to maintain the equipment or have a technician handy at all times. The parties shall tape
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`extension cords to the carpet for safety. The parties may work with the deputy clerk, Karen Hom
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`(415-522-2035), on all courtroom-layout issues.
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`SCHEDULING
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`H. Trial will be conducted from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (or slightly longer to finish a
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`witness) with one fifteen-minute break and one forty-five (45) minute lunch break, Monday
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`through Thursday, excluding holidays. Counsel must arrive by 8:15 a.m., or earlier as needed for
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`any matters to be heard out of the presence of the jury. The jury will be called at 8:30 a.m. Jury
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`deliberations will be allowed on Fridays.
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`THE JURY
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`I. No later than on the first day of trial, counsel shall jointly submit a simplified
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`Statement of the Case to be read to the jury during voir dire as part of the proposed jury
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`instructions. Unless the case is extremely complex, this statement should not exceed one page.
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`The Court will usually conduct the voir dire.
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`J. In civil cases, there are no alternate jurors and the jury is selected as follows:
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`Twenty jurors are called to fill the jury box and the row in front of the bar, and are given numbers
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`(1 through 20). The remaining potential jurors will be seated in the public benches. Hardship
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`excuses will usually be considered at this point. The Court will then ask questions of those in the
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`box and in the front of the bar. Counsel may then conduct a limited voir dire. Challenges for
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`cause will then be addressed out of the presence of the potential jurors. The Court will consider
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`whether to fill in the seats of the stricken jurors. If so, questions will be asked of the additions and
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`cause motions as to them will be considered. After a short recess, each side may exercise its
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`allotment of peremptory challenges out of the presence of the potential jurors. The eight (or such
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`other size as will constitute the jury) surviving the challenge process with the lowest numbers
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`become the final jury. For example, if the plaintiff strikes 1, 5, and 7 and the defendant strikes 2,
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`4, and 9, then 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 become the final jury. If more (or fewer) than eight
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`jurors are to be seated, then the starting number will be adjusted. So too if more than a total of six
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`peremptories is allowed. Once the jury selection is completed, the jurors’ names will be read
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`again and they will be seated in the jury box and sworn. The Court may alter the procedure in its
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`discretion.
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`K. Jurors may take notes. Note pads will be distributed at the beginning of each trial.
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`The note pads will be collected at the end of each day and locked in the jury room. Jurors will be
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`instructed on the use of notes both in the preliminary and final jury instructions.
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`OPENING STATEMENTS
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`L. Each side will have a predetermined time limit for its opening statement (usually no
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`more than 45 minutes per side). Counsel must cooperate and meet and confer to exchange any
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`visuals, graphics, or exhibits to be used in the opening statements, allowing for time to work out
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`objections and any reasonable revisions. Opening statements will commence as soon as the jury is
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`sworn.
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`WITNESSES
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`M. At the close of each trial day, all counsel shall exchange a list of witnesses for the
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`next two full court days and the exhibits that will be used during direct examination (other than for
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`impeachment of an adverse witness). Within 24 hours of such notice, all other counsel shall
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`provide any objections to such exhibits and shall provide a list of all exhibits to be used with the
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`same witness on cross-examination (other than for impeachment). The first notice shall be
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`exchanged prior to the first day of trial. All such notices shall be provided in writing.
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`N. The parties and counsel shall have all upcoming witnesses ready to testify. Failure
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`to have the next witness ready or to be prepared to proceed with the evidence will usually be
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`deemed to constitute resting. If counsel plans to read in a transcript of a deposition, counsel must
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`have a deposition prepared and vetted early on to read into the record.
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`O. Counsel shall prepare two (2) sets of witness binders with the exhibits they plan to
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`use with that witness. The second set will be given to the Court on the day the witness testifies.
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`P. When there are multiple parties, counsel are responsible for coordination of the
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`cross-examination to avoid duplication.
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`Q. If there are multiple parties on a side, counsel for only one party may cover a
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`subject matter; reiteration of the examination, whether direct or cross, will not be permitted.
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`EXPERTS
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`R. At trial, direct testimony of experts will be limited to the matters disclosed in their
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`reports. Omitted material may not ordinarily be added on direct examination. Illustrative
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`animations, diagrams, charts, and models may be used on direct examination only if they were part
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`of the expert report, with the exception of simple drawings and tabulations that plainly illustrate
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`the content of the report, which can be drawn by the witness at trial or otherwise shown to the
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`jury. If cross-examination fairly opens the door, however, an expert may go beyond the written
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`report on cross-examination and/or re-direct examination. By written stipulation, all parties may
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`relax these requirements. The Court will not permit Federal Rule of Evidence 703 to be used to
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`admit otherwise inadmissible evidence through the expert (i.e., through the “back door”).
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`S. As to damages studies, the cut-off date for past damages will be as of the expert
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`report (or such earlier date as the expert may select). In addition, the experts may try to project
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`future damages (i.e., after the cut-off date) if the substantive standards for future damages can be
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`met. With timely leave of Court or by written stipulation, the experts may update their reports
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`(with supplemental reports) to a date closer to the time of trial.
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`USE OF DEPOSITIONS TO IMPEACH AND SHORT READ-INS
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`T. Depositions can be used at trial to impeach a witness testifying at trial or, in thecase
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`of a party deponent, “for any purpose.” The parties shall abide by the following procedure:
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`On the first day of trial, counsel shall bring the original and clean
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`copies of any deposition(s) intended to be used during the course of
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`the trial. Any corrections must be readily available. If counsel need
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`to use the deposition during a witness examination, they shall provide
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`the Court with a copy with any corrections at the outset of the
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`examination. This will minimize delay between the original question
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`and the read-ins of the impeaching material. Opposing counsel should
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`have their copy immediately available.
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`2.
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`When counsel reads a passage into the record, counsel should seek
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`permission from the Court. For example, counsel should state: “I wish
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`to read in page 210, lines 1 to 10 from the witness’ deposition.” A
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`brief pause will be allowed for any objection.
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`3.
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`The first time a deposition is read, counsel shall state the deponent’s
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`name, the date of the deposition, the name of the lawyer asking the
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`question, and if it was a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6)
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`deposition. The first time a deposition is read, the Court will give an
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`appropriate explanation to the jury about depositions. Do not
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`embellish with follow-on questions.
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`4.
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`When reading in the passage, counsel shall state “question” and then
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`read the question exactly, followed by,“answer” and then read the
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`answer exactly. Stating “question” and “answer” is necessary so the
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`jury and the court reporter can follow who was talking at the
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`deposition. Once the passage is on the record, move on. Opposing
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`counsel may then immediately ask to read such additional testimony
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`as is necessary to complete the context.
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`5.
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`To avoid mischaracterizing the record, counsel should not ask,
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`“Didn’t you say XYZ in your deposition?” It is unnecessary to ask a
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`witness if he “recalls” the testimony or otherwise to lay a foundation.
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`6.
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`Subject to Federal Rule of Evidence 403, party depositions may be
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`read into the record whether or not they contradict trial testimony (and
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`regardless of who the witness is on the stand). For example, a short
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`party deposition excerpt may be used as foundation for questions for a
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`different witness on the stand.
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`DEPOSITION DESIGNATION
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`U. The following procedure applies only to witnesses who appear by deposition. It
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`does not apply to live witnesses whose depositions are read into the record while they are on the
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`1. To designate deposition testimony, counsel shall photocopy the cover
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`page, the page where the witness is sworn, and then each page containing
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`any testimony to be proffered, with lines through portions of such pages
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`not proffered. In addition, counsel shall line through objections or
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`colloquy unless they are needed to understand the question. Any
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`corrections must be interlineated, and references to exhibit numbers must
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`conform to the trial numbers. Such interlineations should be done by
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`hand. The finished packet should then be the actual script and should
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`smoothly present the identification and swearing of the witness and
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`testimony desired. The packet must be provided to all other parties at
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`least twenty (20) calendar days before the Pretrial Conference. For the
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`rare case of voluminous designations, more lead time will be required.
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`Counsel are advised to be reasonable.
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`2. All other parties must promptly review the packet and highlight in yellow
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`any passages objected to and write in the margin the legal basis for the
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`objections. If a completeness objection is made, the objecting party must
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`insert into the packet the additional passages as needed to cure the
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`completeness objection. A completeness objection generally should be
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`made only if a few extra lines will cure the problem. Such additions shall
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`be highlighted in blue and an explanation for the inclusion shall be legibly
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`handwritten in the margin. Counsel must line out or x-out any irrelevant
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`portions of the additional pages.
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`3. The packets, as adjusted, must then be returned to the proffering party, for
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`consideration of whether to accept the adjustments. Next, counsel shall
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`meet and confer. Counsel for the proffering party must collate and
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`assemble a final packet that covers the proffer and all remaining issues.
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`At least ten (10) calendar days before the Pretrial Conference, the
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`proponent must provide the Court with the final packet, with any
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`objected-to portions highlighted and annotated as described above. If
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`exhibits are needed to resolve the objections, counsel should include
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`copies, with the relevant passages highlighted and tagged. The Court will
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`then read the packet and indicate its rulings in the margin in a distinctive
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`manner. Ordinarily, argument will not be needed.
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`4. Counter-designations must be made by providing a packet with the
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`counter-designated passages to the proponent at the same time any
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`objections to the original proffer are returned to the first proffering party,
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`who must then supply its objections in the same manner.
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`5. When the packet is read to the jury, the examiner shall read the questions
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`REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS AND INTERROGATORIES
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`Conference, and should be marked as "Chambers Copies". Each exhibit must be separated with a
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`Side bar conferences are discouraged.
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`GG. To maximize jury time, counsel must alert the Court in advance of any problems
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`STIPULATIONS
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`HH. You must read all stipulations to the jury in order for them to become a part of the
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`TIME LIMITS
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`CHARGING CONFERENCE
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`As the trial progresses and the evidence is heard, the Court will fashion a
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`comprehensive set of jury instructions to cover all issues actually being tried. Prior to the close of
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`the evidence, the Court will provide a draft final charge to the parties. After a reasonable period
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`for review, one or more charging conferences will be held at which each party may object to any
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`passage, ask for modifications, or ask for additions. Any instruction request must be renewed
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`trial. If a party still wishes to request an omitted instruction after reviewing the Court’s draft, then
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`JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE
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`The attached voir dire questionnaire shall be given to the potential jurors and copies of the
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`responses will be made available to counsel at the beginning of voir dire.
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`Dated: August 30, 2022
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`JOSEPH C. SPERO
`United States Chief Magistrate Judge
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`CONFIDENTIAL
`JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE
`Please fill out this form as completely as possible and print clearly. Since we want to make copies
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`If yes: State/County Court
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`Was it a civil or criminal case?