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 |
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Giuseppe Ippolito (21-CV-Q) | 07/04/2021 | Civil | Rule 25 | Considered |
American Association for Justice (25-AP-C) | 03/11/2025 | Appellate | Rule 25(a)(5) | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice and the National Crime Victim Bar Association (24-AP-C) | 03/27/2024 | Appellate | Rule 25(a)(5) | Pending consideration |
U.S. Department of Justice (24-AP-B) | 03/07/2024 | Appellate | Rule 25(a)(5) | Pending consideration |
Amy Reverdy (15-CV-HH) | 10/14/2015 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Catherine T. Struve, Reporter (15-AP-B) | 04/09/2015 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
Gerchen Keller Capital, LLC; Burford Capital LLC; Bentham IMF (14-CV-B-1) | 10/21/2014 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Lawyers for Civil Justice & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (24-CV-V) | 10/02/2024 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
124 Companies (24-CV-U) | 10/02/2024 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
Nico Ratkowski (19-AP-A) | 03/13/2019 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.) (00-CV-E) | 08/07/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform American Insurance Association American Tort Reform Association Lawyers for Civil Justice National Association of Manufacturers (14-CV-B) | 04/09/2014 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Hon. Michael Baylson (19-CV-V) | 06/26/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Mark Bennett (19-CV-T) | 07/16/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Professor Stephen D. Easton (00-CV-I) | 12/04/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Sai (19-AP-D) | 07/09/2019 | Appellate | Rule 26 | Considered |
George Brent Mickum IV, Esq. (05-CV-C) | 06/01/2005 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
John D. Gleissner (05-CV-B) | 01/26/2005 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
Hon. Jared Bennett (21-CV-X) | 10/13/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
John Facciola and Jonathan Redgrave (21-CV-Z) | 11/24/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 (privilege logs) | Considered |
In House Counsel (19-CV-D) | 01/31/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Burford Capital, et al (19-CV-E) | 02/20/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
W. Bradley Wendel and Anthony J. Sebok (17-CV-BBBBBB) | 09/27/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Bentham IMF (17-CV-YYYYY) | 09/06/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
35 Organizations (23-CV-M) | 05/08/2023 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Burford Capital LLC (17-CV-XXXXX) | 09/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (15-CV-KK) | 10/30/2015 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Rep. Darrell Issa, Rep. Ben Cline, and Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (24-CV-X) | 08/19/2024 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Safety National Casualty Corporation (24-CV-AA) | 09/27/2024 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Sen. John Cornyn & Sen. Thom Tillis (24-CV-M) | 07/11/2024 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |