2026 - Volume 2 - Summer - Flipbook - Page 10
In the Central District of California, preparing a Rule
26(f) Report requires discussing with opposing counsel
and your client what method of ADR you will use. For
example, will the parties pay for private mediation? Or,
will they request a referral to a neutral selected from the
Court Mediation Panel?
-Wish We Knew: Continued from page 9-
discovery plan are Weil & Brown, Cal. Practice Guide:
Civil Procedure Before Trial (The Rutter Group June
2025 Update) for State cases and Stevenson & Fitzgerald, Cal. Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before
Trial (Cal. and 9th Cir. ed. 2026). Also review the relevant California Code of Civil Procedure or Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure.
5.
8.
For motions, clearly tell the court what you want.
That means, on the first page of the brief, state what you
are requesting. Do not waste space by simply stating,
