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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 Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel DRI - The Voice of the Defense BarInternational Association of Defense Counsel (13-CV-G) 08/09/2013 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (14-CV-F) 08/09/2014 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Professor James Grimmelmann (14-CV-A) 03/10/2014 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Benjamin C. Mizer (15-CV-PP) 12/04/2015 Civil Rule 23 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (16-CV-D) 03/15/2016 Civil Rule 23 Considered
John Vail, Esq. (10-CV-B) 08/13/2010 Civil Rule 23 Considered
John D. Rabiej (17-CV-K) 05/19/2017 Civil Rule 23.3 Pending consideration
American College of Trial Lawyers (23-CR-B) 03/10/2023 Criminal Rule 23(a) Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (23-CV-J) 03/23/2023 Civil Rule 23(b)(3) Pending consideration
Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-L) 09/02/2022 Civil Rule 23(b)(3) Pending consideration
Hon. Robert E. Jones (11-CR-B) 07/06/2011 Criminal Rule 24(b) Considered
Sai (20-AP-B) 05/20/2020 Appellate Rule 25 Considered
Giuseppe Ippolito (21-CV-Q) 07/04/2021 Civil Rule 25 Considered
Ana M. Kocur, General Counsel, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (18-AP-E) 12/18/2018 Appellate Rule 25 Considered
Sai (21-AP-E) 04/14/2021 Appellate Rule 25 Pending consideration
U.S. Department of Justice (24-AP-B) 03/07/2024 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
John D. Gleissner (05-CV-B) 01/26/2005 Civil Rule 26 Considered
In House Counsel (19-CV-D) 01/31/2019 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
Twenty-Eight Companies (21-CV-U) 09/28/2021 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (15-CV-KK) 10/30/2015 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
Hon. Jared Bennett (21-CV-X) 10/13/2021 Civil Rule 26 Considered
35 Organizations (23-CV-M) 05/08/2023 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
Amy Reverdy (15-CV-HH) 10/14/2015 Civil Rule 26 Considered
Christopher Bogart (19-CV-F) 02/20/2019 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
Nico Ratkowski (19-AP-A) 03/13/2019 Appellate Rule 26 Considered
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (19-CV-H) 03/26/2019 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
Advanced Medical Technology Association, et al (19-CV-I) 03/27/2019 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (23-CV-R) 08/29/2023 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration
American Association for Justice (18-CV-B) 01/17/2018 Civil Rule 26 Pending consideration