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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
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