STIPULATIONS REGARDING DISCOVERY PROCEDURE

Unless otherwise directed by the court, the parties may by written stipulation (1) provide that depositions may be taken before any person, at any time or place, upon any notice, and in any manner and when so taken may be used like other depositions, and (2) modify other procedures governing or limitations placed upon discovery, except that: (a) the limitations on discovery set forth in Rule 16.1(c) of these Rules for expedited-track cases may only be modified as provided in that rule; and (b) stipulations extending the time provided in Rules 33, 34, and 36 of these Rules for responses to discovery may, if they would interfere with any time set for completion of discovery, for hearing of a motion, or for trial, be made only with the approval of the court. (Amended May 15, 1972, effective July 1, 1972; further amended May 7, 2004, effective July 1, 2004; further amended October 8, 2020, effective January 1, 2021; further amended November 5, 2020, to extend effective date to July 1, 2021; further amended March 30, 2021, to extend effective date to January 1, 2022.)