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N.D. Ill. LPR 5.1

Disclosure of Experts and Expert Reports

activein force · 2026-05-04 – presentact-effective-date

Unless the Court orders otherwise,

(a) for issues other than claim construction to which expert testimony shall be directed, expert witness disclosures and depositions shall be governed by this Rule;

(b) within twenty-eight (28) days after the claim construction ruling or the close of discovery after the claim construction ruling, whichever is later, each party shall make its initial expert witness disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 on issues for which it bears the burden of proof;

(c) within twenty-eight (28) days after the date for initial expert reports, each party shall make its rebuttal expert witness disclosures required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 on the issues for which the opposing party bears the burden of proof.

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2026-09-18
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