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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Alan Morrison (20-AP-G) | 12/10/2020 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (21-AP-C) | 02/23/2021 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
David DeMatteo (24-AP-A) | 01/13/2024 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton (10-AP-B) | 03/01/2010 | Appellate | Rule 28(a) | Considered |
Steven Finell, Esq. (Council of Appellate Lawyers) (12-AP-C) | Appellate | Rule 28 and 28.1 | Considered | |
Jonathan Cohen (24-AP-E) | 03/28/2024 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Mark Watson (17-AP-E) | 04/17/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Sedona Conference (23-CV-H) | 03/03/2023 | Civil | Rule 28 | Pending consideration |
Bryan A. Garner (17-AP-B) | 01/12/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Hon. Jennifer A. Dorsey (17-AP-C) | 04/11/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Steven A. Hirsch (17-AP-D) | 04/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 28 | Considered |
Hon. Michael Baylson (23-CV-B) | 02/03/2023 | Civil | Rule 28 | Pending consideration |
Hon. Michael Baylson (23-CV-G) | 03/01/2023 | Civil | Rule 28 | Pending consideration |
Jeffrey A. Parness (20-CV-GG) | 11/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 27(c) | Considered |
Jack Metzler (24-AP-N) | 10/10/2024 | Appellate | Rule 26(a) | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-AP-C) | 09/01/2022 | Appellate | Rule 26.1 | Pending consideration |
International Legal Finance Association (22-AP-D) | 10/03/2022 | Appellate | Rule 26.1 | Pending consideration |
Jonathan Redgrave (20-CV-DD) | 10/15/2020 | Civil | Rule 26 and Rule 45 | Considered |
DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (23-CV-R) | 08/29/2023 | 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 |
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 |
35 Organizations (23-CV-M) | 05/08/2023 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Chubb Group of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (20-CV-BB) | 09/29/2020 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice and the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (20-CV-II) | 12/21/2020 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Independent Women’s Law Center (19-CV-Y) | 09/20/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
International Legal Finance Association (21-CV-H) | 04/07/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Twenty-Eight Companies (21-CV-U) | 09/28/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (21-CV-P) | 07/01/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa (21-CV-L) | 05/03/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
Advanced Medical Technology Association, et al (19-CV-I) | 03/27/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |