{"id":"SEC-12-033","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"12","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks","authority":"N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 28; Judiciary Law § 212; EO 202.8 tolling","instrument":"Administrative Order AO/78/20","title":"Suspension of filings in non-essential matters","dateIssued":"2020-03-22","effective":"2020-03-22 (\u0027effective immediately and until further order\u0027)","end":"","startDate":"2020-03-22","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["county clerks","courts","the bar"],"clause":"I direct that, effective immediately and until further order, no papers shall be accepted for filing by a county clerk or a court in any matter of a type not included on the list of essential matters attached as Exh. A. This directive applies to both paper and electronic filings.","enforcement":"Administrative order binding clerks and courts","functions":["CT litigation practice statewide (commercial, real estate, matrimonial, personal injury filings barred)"],"notes":"The most sweeping court limitation of 2020 for New York law firms: no new non-essential actions could be commenced","sourceUrl":"https://www.nycourts.gov/whatsnew/pdf/AO-78-20.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200530185036/https://www.nycourts.gov/whatsnew/pdf/AO-78-20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":140835,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-12","url":"/library/SEC-12-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-12-033","citation":"Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, Administrative Order AO/78/20 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-033)","stateName":"New York","related":["SEC-12-GM-122"]}