501.03 Form of Stipulations
A stipulation may be signed either by the parties, or by their attorneys or other authorized representatives.
If parties stipulate to extend or reopen a time or times, the stipulation should specify the closing date for each rescheduled time. For example, if parties stipulate to extend or reopen a defendant’s time to file an answer to the complaint, the stipulation should specify the new due date for the answer and all subsequent dates that require rescheduling when the due date for the answer is reset, including the deadline for the required discovery conference, disclosures, discovery and trial. If parties stipulate to extend or reopen testimony periods, or the discovery period and testimony periods, the stipulation should be submitted in the form used in a trial order, specifying the closing date for each period to be reset, including relevant disclosure deadlines, such as the deadline for expert disclosures, which occurs 30 days prior to the close of discovery, and pretrial disclosure deadlines, which are tied to each testimony period. [ Note 1.] When the parties agree to a new schedule of dates and file for approval using ESTTA "consent motions option," the system will prompt the filer to enter new deadlines in a manner that will generate an appropriate schedule in the proper form. If the calculator provided by ESTTA does not reflect all the deadlines required by the parties’ agreed-upon schedule, the filing party should select the "general filings" option and attach or embed in the motion the agreed-upon schedule with an express statement that all parties agree to the new dates.
The resetting, whether by stipulation or otherwise, of a party’s time to respond to an outstanding request for discovery will not result in the automatic rescheduling of the discovery and/or testimony periods—such dates will be rescheduled only upon stipulation of the parties being approved by the Board, or upon motion granted by the Board, or by order of the Board. [ Note 2.] See TBMP § 403.04 (Extensions of Discovery Period, Time to Respond to Discovery Requests, and Disclosures).
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