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Rules Suggestions

The Advisory Committees evaluate in the first instance suggestions to amend the Federal Rules.

Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form Status
Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Hyundai (26-CV-17) 04/08/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Todd Presnell (26-CV-16) 04/07/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Proctor & Gamble Company (26-CV-15) 04/07/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Shell USA, Inc. (26-CV-14) 04/02/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
General Motors LLC (26-CV-13) 03/27/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
John Hawkinson (26-CV-12) 03/27/2026 Civil Rule 5 Pending consideration
DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (26-CV-11) 03/24/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Amazon (26-CV-9) 03/10/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Lawyers for Civil Justice & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute on Legal Reform (26-CV-8) 03/10/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Brady Center & Others (26-CV-7) 03/06/2026 Civil Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts Pending consideration
Fred Burnside (26-CV-10) 03/04/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Ashley Gjovik (26-CV-6) 02/23/2026 Civil Rules 26 and 83 Pending consideration
Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (26-CV-4) 02/13/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Lawyers for Civil Justice (26-CV-5) 02/13/2026 Civil Rule 43 Pending consideration
Billie Glazier (26-CV-3) 02/02/2026 Civil Rule 83 Pending consideration
Lisa Richards (26-CV-2) 01/24/2026 Civil Rule 5 and Rule 43 Pending consideration
American Association for Justice (26-CV-1) 01/12/2026 Civil Rule 35 Pending consideration
American Association for Justice (25-CV-T) 12/22/2025 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Mark Behrens & Jacob Bennett (25-CV-S) 12/15/2025 Civil Rule 11 Pending consideration
Hon. Michael Baylson (25-CV-N) 11/25/2025 Civil Proposed rulemaking on collective actions Pending consideration
Jonathan Moseley (25-CV-V) 10/29/2025 Civil Rule 11 Pending consideration
Joseph Reyna (25-CV-U) 10/28/2025 Civil Rules 26 and 37 Pending consideration
12 Attorneys and Advisors (25-CV-R) 10/15/2025 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding (25-CV-P) 10/13/2025 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Brad Baranowski (25-CV-Q) 10/13/2025 Civil Rule 58 Pending consideration
International Legal Finance Association (25-CV-O) 10/01/2025 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Sai (25-CV-M) 09/22/2025 Civil Proposed rulemaking on motions for recusal or disqualification Pending consideration
Lawyers for Civil Justice (25-CV-L) 09/03/2025 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
American Association for Justice and Public Justice (25-CV-K) 07/02/2025 Civil Rule 5 Considered
Thomas Sykes (25-CV-I) 04/05/2025 Civil Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts Pending consideration