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Rule-aware deadlines · the Trial-Date Cascade
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2026-0101 · Commercial Litigation · M. Lindqvist
Sep 30 · 90d out
Move the trial date and all fourteen downstream deadlines recompute by rule & lag — live.
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2 deadlines already passed at this date (treated as satisfied).
Meridian Fabrication v. Atlas Steel
Fourteen rule-driven deadlines · cascading from trial Sep 30
Trial date · Sep 30
The anchor — all fourteen deadlines cascade by rule & lag from here.
Expert witness disclosuresFRCP 26(a)(2)
keys off Trial date·P. Anand
Jul 2
0d out
Dispositive motions filedFRCP 56(b)
keys off Trial date·S. Reyes
Jul 17
15d out
Rebuttal expert disclosuresFRCP 26(a)(2)(D)(ii)
keys off Expert witness disclosures·C. Ortega
Aug 1
30d out
Opposition to dispositive motionsLocal Rule 7.1(b)(2)
keys off Dispositive motions filed·E. Cross
Aug 7
36d out
Reply on dispositive motionsLocal Rule 7.1(b)(3)
keys off Opposition to dispositive motions·J. Feld
Aug 21
50d out
Expert discovery cutoffFRCP 26(f) sched. order
keys off Rebuttal expert disclosures·E. Cross
Aug 22
51d out
Daubert / motions in limineFRE 702; FRCP 16
keys off Trial date·D. Whitfield
Aug 26
55d out
Pretrial disclosures (witnesses/exhibits)FRCP 26(a)(3)
keys off Trial date·D. Whitfield
Aug 31
60d out
Joint final pretrial order lodgedFRCP 16(e); Local Rule 16.1
keys off Final pretrial conference·M. Lindqvist
Sep 2
62d out
Final pretrial conferenceFRCP 16(e)
keys off Trial date·T. Nakamura
Sep 9
69d out
Objections to pretrial disclosuresFRCP 26(a)(3)(B)
keys off Pretrial disclosures (witnesses/exhibits)·E. Cross
Sep 14
74d out
Trial briefs & proposed findingsLocal Rule 16.5
keys off Trial date·C. Ortega
Sep 23
83d out
Attorney workload heat
Deadlines per timekeeper per week · red cells are crunch windows (2+ in one week)
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ECE. Cross
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DWD. Whitfield
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COC. Ortega
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MLM. Lindqvist
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PAP. Anand
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SRS. Reyes
1
TNT. Nakamura
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JFJ. Feld
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1 deadline 2+ — crunch windowpeak load 1/wk
Every date here is computed — never typed. Move the trial date and the whole dependency chain re-cascades through 14FRCP & local-rule deadlines, re-flowing each attorney's week. Ask the analyst to pull the trial date in.