D. Mass. L.R. 26.2

(a) Automatic Required Disclosure. Unless otherwise ordered by the judicial officer, the

disclosure required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) should be made as soon as practicable and

in any event must be made at or within 14 days after the meeting required by Fed. R. Civ.

P. 26(f) and L.R. 16.1(b). Except as provided in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d)(2), and unless

otherwise ordered by the judicial officer, a party must provide to other parties disclosure

of the information and materials called for by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) before that party may

initiate discovery.

(b) Further Discovery. Should a party exhaust the opportunities for any type of discovery

events under L.R. 26.1(c), any requests that such party may make for additional

interrogatories, depositions, admissions or the production of documents beyond that

allowed pursuant to L.R. 26.1(c) shall be by discovery motion. All requests for additional

discovery events, extensions of deadlines, for the completion of discovery or for

postponement of the trial must be signed by the attorney and the party making the request.

(c) Certification of Discovery Motions. The judicial officer shall not consider any discovery

motion that is not accompanied by a certification, as required by L.R. 7.1(a)(2) and L.R.

37.1(b), that the moving party has made a reasonable and good faith effort to reach

agreement with opposing counsel on the matters set forth in the motion. In evaluating any

discovery motion, the judicial officer may consider the desirability of conducting phased

discovery, as contemplated by L.R. 26.3.

(d) Removed and Transferred Actions. In all actions removed to this court or transferred to

this court from another federal court, the submission required by subsection (a) shall be

made as prescribed in that subsection, and if discovery was initiated before the action being

removed or transferred to this court, then the submission required by subsection (a) shall

be made within 21 days of the date of removal or transfer.