By David Ferstendig
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- Significant Amendments to Uniform Rules
Effective February 1, 2021, significant amendments were made to the Uniform Rules for the Trial Courts, 22 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 202. The changes were prompted by the successful implementation of rules, procedures and forms in the Commercial Division. The amendments seek to import and adopt appropriate Commercial Division rules into general practice. Some are almost verbatim; others have been adapted to the nature of general civil practice. Practitioners in the Commercial Division should be very familiar already with the amendments.
It is important to note at the outset that many of the Commercial Division rules are patterned after federal practice and were necessitated in some way by the difficulty in passing CPLR legislation on various issues, including expert disclosure. In fact, there are quite a few practitioners who comment on how the CPLR continues to be “replaced” by rules. Statements that the rules are not meant to supplant the CPLR ring a bit hollow when one sees the expansive reach of the various rules.
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