SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY
ORDER
It is ORDERED that the attached corrective amendment to Rule 4:24-1(d) of the Rules
overning the Courts of the State of New Jersey is hereby adopted to be effective immediately.
For the Court
/s/ Deborah T. Poritz
Chief Justice
Dated: February 26, 2001
4:24-1. Time for Completion of Discovery
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- Applicability. This rule shall be applicable to all
actions commenced on or after September 5, 2000. In all actions commenced
prior to said date, the time for completion of discovery shall be 150 days
from the date of service of the complaint on each defendant or as otherwise
prescribed by the applicable differentiated case management rule in effect
when the complaint was filed or by court order. In any pending action,
however, the parties may agree and, in appropriate cases, the court may on
notice direct sua sponte that further discovery shall be limited or extensions
granted consistent with this amended rule.
Note: Source-R.R. 4:28(a)(d); amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994;
amended January 21, 1999 to be effective April 5, 1999; caption amended, text amended and
designated as paragraph (a), new paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) adopted July 5, 2000 to be
effective September 5, 2000; corrective amendment to paragraph (d) adopted February 26, 2001
to be effective immediately.