US · rules
D. Or. LR 83-8
Cooperation Among Counsel
(a) Counsel must cooperate with each other, consistent with the interests of their clients, in all phases of the litigation process and be courteous in their dealings with each other, including matters relating to scheduling and timing of various discovery procedures.
(b) The Court may impose sanctions if it finds that counsel has been unreasonable in not accommodating the legitimate requests of opposing counsel. In a case where an award of attorney fees is applicable, the Court may consider lack of cooperation when setting the fee.
History
March 1, 2014: LR 83-8(b): Changed "take a lack of cooperation into consideration in" to "consider lack of cooperation when."
Provenance
- Source
- www.ord.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
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