(a) Documents and Other Materials

At least 20 days before the first scheduled hearing date, all parties must provide all other parties with copies of all documents and other materials in their possession or control that they intend to use at the hearing that have not already been produced.

(a) Upon motion of a party, the panel may order the following without the use of subpoenas:

(b) The motion must include a draft order and must be filed with the Director. The requesting party must serve the motion and draft order on each other party.

(a) To the fullest extent possible, parties should produce documents and make witnesses available to each other without the use of subpoenas.

(a) Failure to cooperate in the exchange of documents and information as required under the Code may result in sanctions.

Depositions are strongly discouraged in arbitration.

(a) A party may make a motion asking the panel to order another party to produce documents or information if the other party has:

(a) If a party objects to producing any document or information requested under Rule 13506, it must specifically identify which document or requested information it is objecting to and why. Objections must be in writing, and must be served on all other parties.

(a) Unless the parties agree otherwise, within 60 days from the date a discovery request is received, the party receiving the request must either:

(a) Requests for Documents or information

Parties may request documents or information from any party by serving a written request on the party. Requests for information are generally limited to identification of individuals, entities, and time periods related to the dispute; such requests should be reasonable in number and not require narrative answers or fact finding.

The parties must cooperate to the fullest extent practicable in the exchange of documents and information to expedite the arbitration.