I.A. Contact with Chambers. Communications with the Court shall occur by letter, except as otherwise provided below. Telephone calls to chambers are permitted only in emergencies requiring immediate attention. Prior to calling chambers with questions about the Court's rules and practices, parties should review the Court's Individual Practices. The chambers phone number is (212) 805-0292. Faxes to chambers are permitted only with prior authorization. Faxed submissions shall identify the individual in chambers who authorized the fax. Copies shall be simultaneously faxed, emailed, or hand-delivered to all counsel.

VII. Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 11, all parties and counsel are reminded of their obligation to provide the Court with accurate and complete representations in any pleading, written motion, or other paper submitted to the Court. If a submission is prepared using generative artificial intelligence (for example, ChatGPT, Harvey, CoCounsel, or Google Bard), the submitting party and counsel must confirm for themselves that the submission, and all source material within, is accurate and in compliance with the obligations of Rule 11. At all times, the submitting party and their counsel bear responsibility to ensure the accuracy of any submission made to the Court. Failure to uphold this responsibility may result in sanctions or other corrective or disciplinary action. Torres -- ai_disclosure_requirement ↗

IV.A. Electronic Filing Under Seal in Civil and Miscellaneous Cases. Motions or Letter Motions for approval of sealed or redacted filings in civil and miscellaneous cases and the subject documents, including the proposed sealed document(s), must be filed electronically through the court's ECF system in conformity with the court's standing order, 19 Misc. 583, and ECF Rules & Instructions, section 6. The motion must be filed in public view, must explain the particular reasons for seeking to file that information under seal and should not include confidential information sought to be filed under seal. To be approved, any redaction or sealing of a court filing must be narrowly tailored to serve whatever purpose justifies the redaction or sealing and must be otherwise consistent with the presumption in favor of public access to judicial documents.

II.D. Discovery Disputes. All parties shall follow Local Civil Rule 37.2 with the following modifications: A party wishing to raise a discovery dispute with the Court shall first confer in good faith with the opposing party, in person or by telephone, in an effort to resolve the dispute. If this meet-and-confer process does not succeed, the parties shall describe the dispute in a single joint letter to the Court, normally not exceeding six pages. The joint letter shall include a representation that the meet-and-confer process occurred, identifying the time, place, and duration and naming the counsel involved in the discussion.