On May 6, 2025, the Chief Administrative Judge issued a new Commercial Division Rule 11-h requiring automatic initial disclosures in new Commercial Division Cases effective July 7, 2025.
The rule requires parties automatically to disclose:
(i) the name and, if known, the address and telephone number of each individual that the disclosing party intends to use to support its claims or defenses, unless such use is solely for impeachment, together with a brief description of the information expected to be elicited from such individual;
(ii) a copy of all documents, electronically stored information, or other tangible things referred, but not attached, to in the pleadings; and
(iii) a computation of each category of damages claimed by the disclosing party.
(Rule 11-h(a)(1)(A).)