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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
Lawyers for Civil Justice (26-CV-5) 02/13/2026 Civil Rule 43 Pending consideration
Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (26-CV-4) 02/13/2026 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
Mark Behrens & Jacob Bennett (25-CV-S) 12/15/2025 Civil Rule 11 Pending consideration
Fred Burnside (26-CV-10) 03/04/2026 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
Amazon (26-CV-9) 03/10/2026 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
Mark Bennett (19-CV-S) 07/16/2019 Civil Rule 68 Considered
Larry Wagstaff (20-CV-O) 08/01/2020 Civil Rule 5(d)(3)(B) Considered
Mark Bennett (19-CV-T) 07/16/2019 Civil Rule 26 Considered
Hon. Michael Baylson (19-CV-V) 06/26/2019 Civil Rule 26 Considered
American Association of Justice (19-CV-W) 08/30/2019 Civil Rule 4 Considered
Washington Legal Foundation (19-CV-X) 09/23/2019 Civil Rule 16.1 Considered
Arthur Spitzer (19-CV-Z) 09/19/2019 Civil Rule 15 Considered
American Association for Justice (17-CV-SSSSS) 08/10/2017 Civil Rule 30(b)(6) Considered
Richard Macak (20-CV-K) 07/02/2020 Civil Rule 5(d)(3)(B) Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-E) 03/30/2020 Civil Rule 16.1 Considered
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (20-CV-F) 05/05/2020 Civil Rule 72 Considered
Sai (20-CV-G) 05/20/2020 Civil Rule 11 Considered
Washington Legal Foundation (20-CV-D) 03/19/2020 Civil Rule 16.1 Considered
Phebe Hong and Maxwell Hawley (20-CV-H) 05/22/2020 Civil Rule 45 Considered
Burg Simpson (20-CV-I) 06/16/2020 Civil Rule 16.1 Considered
Usha Jain (20-CV-J) 06/24/2020 Civil Rule 5(d)(3)(B) Considered
American Association for Justice (20-CV-C) 03/04/2020 Civil Rule 16.1 Considered
U.S. Department of Justice (20-CV-B) 02/26/2020 Civil Rule 12 Considered
Aaron Caplan (20-CV-A) 01/13/2020 Civil Rule 7; Rule 10 Considered
Michael Weston (19-CV-BB) 10/15/2019 Civil Rule 4 Considered
International Association of Defense Counsel (19-CV-EE) 10/30/2019 Civil Rule 16.1 Considered
Brian Devine (19-CV-CC) 10/21/2019 Civil Rule 16.1 Considered