What is the purpose of the Business and Consumer Docket (BCD)?
The BCD is designed to provide more predictable scheduling, a modified (usually a truncated) discovery procedure, and individualized case management in the selected cases involving business and/or consumer disputes. Cases assigned to the BCD are intensively managed by the assigned judges to keep the parties focused on issues that require judicial resolution and those that may be resolved through settlement. The court encourages the parties to negotiate time frames and deadlines that are tailored to the particular needs of the case and, then, the court issues an order, which governs the processing of the case. Modifications to such orders are rare and the assigned judges works hard to keep the case on track for prompt resolution. Continuances and delays are discouraged.
