Build the class-action timetable from the scheduling order and the class orders
Key facts
- Human involvement
- GreenLawyer review
- How AI is used
- From the scheduling order and any certification or notice order the lawyer supplies, enter in a fixed template the dates the orders state for joining other parties, amending the pleadings, completing discovery, filing motions, pretrial conferences, trial, and any time for requesting exclusion. Tag each date to the order. Do not decide whether a date should be moved.
- What the lawyer must review
- You check each date against the order and you diarize it. You decide whether to ask to change a date. Except in categories exempted by local rule, the judge must issue a scheduling order as soon as practicable, and unless the judge finds good cause for delay, within the earlier of 90 days after any defendant has been served or 60 days after any defendant has appeared. The order must limit the time to join other parties, amend the pleadings, complete discovery, and file motions. A schedule may be modified only for good cause and with the judge's consent. Rule 23(c)(1) requires the court to decide class certification at an early practicable time. There is no federal rule that the first hearing falls a set number of weeks after filing. Formal Opinion 512 requires you to check a generated date against the order before anyone relies on it.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording and assembling provisional schedules. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, verify the evidence, resolve exceptions and approve the final output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Check the current court or regulator requirements, prescribed form and attachments for the intended document and filing.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.