(a) General requirement. Every filing or submission of record following
the issuance of a notice must be signed by at least one counsel of
record in the counsel’s individual name and must state that
counsel’s mailing address, electronic mail address, and telephone
number. A party who acts as the party’s own counsel must sign
that person’s individual name and state that person’s
mailing address, electronic mail address, and telephone number on
every filing or submission of record. Electronic signatures may be
used to satisfy the signature requirements of this section.
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(b) Effect of signature.
(1) The signature of counsel or a party
will constitute a certification: the counsel or party has read the
filing or submission of record; to the best of the counsel’s
or party’s knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable
inquiry, the filing or submission of record is well-grounded in fact
and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the
extension, modification, or reversal of existing law; and the filing
or submission of record is not made for any improper purpose, such
as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in
the cost of litigation.
(2) If a filing or submission of record is not signed, the ALJ will
strike the filing or submission of record, unless it is signed promptly
after the omission is called to the attention of the pleader or movant.
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(c) Effect of making oral
motion or argument. The act of making any oral motion or oral
argument by any counsel or party constitutes a certification that
to the best of the counsel’s or party’s knowledge, information,
and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, the counsel’s or
party’s statements are well-grounded in fact and are warranted
by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification,
or reversal of existing law, and are not made for any improper purpose,
such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase
in the cost of litigation.
