Thursday, November 07, 2024

Hon. Michael McShane, Chief Judge

Melissa Aubin, Clerk of Court

(See Fed. R. Civ. P. 68)

LR 68-1 Offers of Judgment - Generally

(a) Not Filed With the Court (See LR 5-9)

Unaccepted offers of judgment are not filed with the Court. Counsel must maintain unaccepted offers of judgment and make them available to the parties or the Court upon request.

(b) Use of Non-filed Offers

This rule does not preclude the use of an offer for any purpose allowed by the federal rules.


Amendment History to LR 68
March 1, 2014
LR 68 Changed "Offers" to "Offer" in caption.
LR 68-1(a) Rule cross-reference in title updated from LR 5-2 to LR 5-10. The text of the rule was changed from "Unaccepted offers of judgment are not to be filed with the Court. They will be maintained by counsel and made available to the parties or the Court upon request" to "Unaccepted offers of judgment are not filed with the Court. Counsel must maintain unaccepted offers of judgment and make them available to the parties or the Court upon request."
March 1, 2016
LR 68-1(a) Rule cross-reference in the title updated from "LR 5-10" to "LR 5-11."
January 1, 2019
LR 68-1(a) Rule cross-reference in the title updated from "LR 5-11" to "LR 5-10."
January 21, 2020

LR 68-1(a)

Updated cross-reference from "LR 5-10" to "LR 5-9."