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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
Timothy Corcoran (26-CV-47) 10/21/2026 Civil Rule 11 Pending consideration
Sen. Charles Grassley (26-CV-46) 10/21/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding (26-CV-45) 10/16/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Immigration Justice Transparency Initiative (26-CV-44) 10/14/2026 Civil Rule 5.2 Pending consideration
International Legal Finance Association (26-CV-42) 10/08/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Inventors Defense Alliance (26-CV-40) 10/07/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Unified Patents (26-CV-39) 10/05/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Taylor Brewer (26-CV-38) 10/04/2026 Civil Rule 16 and Rule 26 Pending consideration
Scott Moskowitz (26-CV-36) 10/02/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Hon. Jeffrey Sutton (26-CV-37) 10/01/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Michael Neely (26-CV-35) 09/30/2026 Civil Rule 11 Pending consideration
Ramey LLP (26-CV-34) 09/28/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Advocate Health (26-CV-41) 09/24/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Contingency Capital (26-CV-33) 09/23/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Anwar Abu-Shayed (26-CV-43) 09/22/2026 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
Robinson Helicopter Company (26-CV-32) 09/14/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
214 Companies (26-CV-31) 09/14/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Lawyers for Civil Justice and U.S. Chamber of Commerce (26-CV-30) 09/08/2026 Civil Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) Pending consideration
Roger Parloff (26-CV-29) 09/08/2026 Civil Rule 5.2 Pending consideration
Cohen Milstein (26-CV-28) 08/22/2026 Civil Rule 30 Pending consideration
Eugene Volokh (26-CV-27) 08/21/2026 Civil Rule 5 and Rule 26 Pending consideration
Public Justice (26-CV-26) 08/03/2026 Civil Rule 5 and Rule 26 Pending consideration
Jay Price (26-CV-25) 07/21/2026 Civil Rule 16 and Rule 40 Pending consideration
Nora Freeman Engstrom (26-CV-24) 07/01/2026 Civil Rule 5 and Rule 26 Pending consideration
Donald Cottman (26-CV-23) 06/20/2026 Civil Rule 12 Pending consideration
John Shook (26-CV-22) 06/16/2026 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (26-CV-21) 05/29/2026 Civil Rule 11 Pending consideration
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (26-CV-20) 05/20/2026 Civil Rule 5.2 Pending consideration
K.D. (26-CV-19) 05/18/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Terrance Walker (26-CV-18) 05/01/2026 Civil Rule 79 Pending consideration