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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
Hon. Keith M. Lundin (08-BK-L) 12/05/2008 Bankruptcy Rule 2003 Considered
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law (17-BK-B) 06/06/2017 Bankruptcy Rule 2004 Considered
Kevin P. Dempsey (17-BK-A) 01/31/2017 Bankruptcy Rule 2013 Considered
American Bankruptcy Institute's Task Force on National Ethics Standards (13-BK-C) 03/14/2013 Bankruptcy Rule 2014 Considered
Commercial Law League of America (01-BK-A) 01/10/2001 Bankruptcy Rule 2014, Rule 9014, 7026 Considered
Dan Dooley (13-BK-H) 07/16/2013 Bankruptcy Rule 2016 Considered
Neil Enmark, Esq. (13-BK-J) 09/23/2013 Bankruptcy Rule 2016(b) Considered
ABA Section of Business Law, Business Bankruptcy Committee (Michael St. Patrick Baxter, Esq.) (08-BK-P) 02/06/2009 Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Considered
National Bankruptcy Conference (Jonathan G. Katz) (08-BK-O) 02/06/2009 Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Considered
Hon. Robert D. Drain (08-BK-N) 01/13/2009 Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Considered
Hon. Robert E. Gerber (08-BK-M) 01/09/2009 Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (16-CV-D) 03/15/2016 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Impact Fund (15-CV-AA) 09/04/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
National Consumer Law Center, Inc. and National Association of Consumer Advocates (15-CV-Z) 09/04/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Alan B. Morrison (15-CV-Y) 08/28/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (23-CV-Y) 11/07/2023 Civil Rule 23 Pending consideration
William S. Karn (03-CV-D) 07/31/2003 Civil Rule 23 Considered
NW Consumer Law Center (15-CV-W) 05/13/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
DRI (15-CV-DD) 09/10/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (15-CV-FF) 10/09/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Benjamin C. Mizer (15-CV-PP) 12/04/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Professor James Grimmelmann (14-CV-A) 03/10/2014 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Jennie Lee Anderson (15-CV-I) 03/18/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Prof. Alexandra D. Lahav, et al. (15-CV-H) 03/17/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
State of California Department of Justice (Assistant Attorney General Dennis W. Dawson for Hon. Bill Lockyear, Attorney General) (00-CV-B) 03/29/2000 Civil Rule 23 Considered
American Antitrust Institute (15-CV-G) 03/16/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Committee to Support Antitrust Laws (15-CV-F) 03/13/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Daniel M. Sivilich (21-CV-S) 07/29/2021 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Adam Steinman (15-CV-D) 02/24/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Stephen J. Herman (15-CV-B) 02/25/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered