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Rules Comments

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Beginning with the August 2013-14 public comment period, proposed changes to the Federal Rules and Forms have been published on regulations.gov. Review archived changes and comments published after August 2013.

Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Leslie R. Weatherhead (08-CV-003) 09/24/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Bruce R. Parker (08-CV-029) 10/24/2008 Civil 26 & 56
State Bar of California’s Committee on Administration of Justice (Reuben A. Ginsburg) (08-CV-176) 02/17/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Stephen G. Morrison (08-CV-050) 11/12/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Federal Bar Council (Robert J. Giuffra) (08-CV-174) 02/17/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Latha Raghavan (08-CV-051) 11/12/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Daniel J. Herling (08-CV-129) 01/26/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Federation of Corporate and Defense Counsel (Michael T. Lucey) (08-CV-167) 02/13/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Peter O. Glaessner (08-CV-122) 01/07/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Voice of the Defense Bar (Kimberly D. Baker) (08-CV-063) 11/20/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Marc A. Young (08-CV-074) 12/03/2008 Civil 26 & 56
American Bar Association – Section of Litigation (Jeffrey J. Greenbaum and Loren Kieve) (08-CV-102) 01/05/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Johnson & Johnson (Theodore Van Itallie) (08-CV-040) 11/10/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Stephen Pate (08-CV-085) 12/15/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Wayne B. Mason) (08-CV-019) 10/16/2008 Civil 26 & 56
District and Magistrate Judges of United States District Court of Indiana (Honorable Robert L. Miller, Jr.) (08-CV-104) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Honorable G. Patrick Murphy (08-CV-077) 12/09/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Shell Oil Company (G. Edward Pickle) (08-CV-065) 11/21/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Elizabeth J. Cabraser (08-CV-106) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Donald Fritz Zimmer (08-CV-107) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
R. Matthew Cairns (08-CV-057) 11/17/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Lawyers for Civil Justice and U. S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (08-CV-061) 11/12/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Shell Oil Company (G. Edward Pickle) (08-CV-110) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Ralph A. Zappala (08-CV-067) 11/25/2008 Civil 26 & 56
American College of Trial Lawyers – Federal Civil Rules Committee (Chris Kitchel) (08-CV-060) 11/10/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Stephen G. Morrison (08-CV-015) 10/15/2008 Civil 26 & 56
John H. Martin (08-CV-058) 11/18/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Alfred W. Cortese, Jr. (08-CV-013) 10/10/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Andrew B. Downs (08-CV-092) 12/16/2008 Civil 26 & 56
DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar (John H. Martin) (08-CV-113) 01/07/2009 Civil 26 & 56