District of Delaware Sets 5 PM Filing Deadline and Makes Plans to Welcome New Judge
August 16, 2022
Publication| Intellectual Property
District Court of Delaware Announces New 5 PM Filing Deadline
On August 16, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware announced a revision to its Revised Administrative Procedures Governing Filing and Service by Electronic Means to reflect a new filing and service deadline of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The revision is effective September 1, 2022, and applies to all documents filed and served among parties, with the exception of initial pleadings. The deadline for initial pleadings remains at midnight Eastern Time. The Court’s move changes the deadline from the current 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time deadline, which was implemented in October 2014.
District Court of Delaware to Welcome Honorable Gregory B. Williams in September
The Honorable Gregory B. Williams, tapped by President Joe Biden to serve as district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, is expected to join the Court in early September. He is currently a partner at Fox Rothschild focused on complex intellectual property and business litigation. For the past several years, he has served as a Special Master in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, handling discovery issues in complex civil cases, including intellectual property cases. It is anticipated that many of the cases currently assigned to the Court’s Vacant Judgeship will be reassigned to Judge Williams.