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Articles From Timothy J. Chorvat

Keeping Up With Court Responses to Coronavirus By Timothy J. Chorvat & Samantha N. Smith Federal Civil Practice, June 2020 A look at how federal courts in Illinois have adapted to the coronavirus pandemic and accompanying state-mandated closures.
The northern district’s MIDP in cases removed from state court By Timothy J. Chorvat Federal Civil Practice, June 2019 The Northern District of Illinois’s Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Program changes discovery procedures, particularly when cases are removed from state court.
The Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program: The first seven years By Timothy J. Chorvat Federal Civil Practice, June 2016 Over the last seven years, the Pilot Program has promulgated principles designed to make discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”) more efficient and cooperative, implemented those principles in hundreds of cases, and offered numerous educational programs to lawyers and others.
The proposed 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure By Timothy J. Chorvat Federal Civil Practice, April 2015 Barring an unexpected change of course, important amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will go into effect on December 1, 2015.
The new e-discovery amendments to the Supreme Court Rules: Illinois catches up By Timothy J. Chorvat Civil Practice and Procedure, July 2014 On May 29, 2014, the Illinois Supreme Court enacted a series of amendments to the Supreme Court Rules.
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Failure to follow local e-filing rule not fatal to appeal By Timothy J. Chorvat Civil Practice and Procedure, November 2013 In VC&M, Ltd. v. Andrews, the Illinois Supreme Court held that a plaintiff’s motion to reconsider a judgment against it, as well as a subsequent notice of appeal from that judgment, were not nullities even though those documents were filed electronically in contravention of applicable local rules.
Discovery of social media: Document requests in a friend request world By Timothy J. Chorvat & Laura E. Pelanek Civil Practice and Procedure, April 2012 To date, there are no reported cases in Illinois regarding the discoverability of social media data, although these materials are being produced in discovery and introduced into evidence.
Obtaining documents abroad: A primer for Illinois attorneys By Timothy J. Chorvat & Matthew A. Wlodarczyk Civil Practice and Procedure, May 2011 A look at the law relating to obtaining documents from sources abroad, and some suggestions on how to maximize the likelihood of obtaining useful information.
A new approach to electronically stored information: An update on the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program By Timothy J. Chorvat & Christine P. Benavente Civil Practice and Procedure, July 2010 The Pilot Program will now expand, taking account the feedback received in Phase One. Phase Two began on July 1, 2010 and will run until May 1, 2011.
A new approach to electronically stored information: The Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program By Timothy J. Chorvat & Christine P. Benavente Civil Practice and Procedure, January 2010 On October 1,2009, Phase One of the Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”) came into effect in participating federal courts in the Northern District of Illinois and other districts in the Seventh Circuit.
Obtaining deposition testimony from witnesses abroad: A primer for Illinois lawyers By Timothy J. Chorvat & Jill M. Hutchison Civil Practice and Procedure, June 2009 In seeking discovery from non-parties who are located outside the United States, the greatest limitations an attorney is likely to face will be restrictions imposed by the jurisdiction in which the deponent is located.
Caution: Res judicata may bar the refiling of a voluntarily dismissed claim By Timothy J. Chorvat & Sarah S. Ruff Civil Practice and Procedure, June 2008 In January of this year, the Illinois Supreme Court decided Hudson v. City of Chicago, No. 100466, 2008 Ill. LEXIS 12 (Ill. Jan. 25, 2008), rehearing denied April 28, 2008.

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