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. Jared Bennett (21-CV-X) | 10/13/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Joshua Goodbaum (21-CV-Y) | 11/12/2021 | Civil | Rule 4(d)(1) | Pending consideration |
| John Facciola and Jonathan Redgrave (21-CV-Z) | 11/24/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 (privilege logs) | Considered |
| The Sedona Conference (22-CV-A) | 01/12/2022 | Civil | Filing Under Seal | Pending consideration |
| Usha Jain (22-CV-C) | 02/14/2022 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| American Association for Justice (22-CV-B) | 02/11/2022 | Civil | Rule 12(a)(4) | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-D) | 03/08/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (22-CV-E) | 05/20/2022 | Civil | Third party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
| Judge Patricia Barksdale (22-CV-F) | 06/08/2022 | Civil | Rule 7.1 | Pending consideration |
| Christopher Cross (22-CV-G) | 06/14/2022 | Civil | Rule 17 | Considered |
| Hon. Ralph Erickson (22-CV-H) | 06/30/2022 | Civil | Rule 7.1 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-CV-I) | 07/12/2022 | Civil | Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
| David Wenthold & Zachary Reynolds (22-CV-J) | 07/24/2022 | Civil | Rule 41 | Pending consideration |
| Alan Morrison and Roger Trangsrud (22-CV-K) | 08/18/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-L) | 09/02/2022 | Civil | Rule 23(b)(3) | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (22-CV-M) | 09/08/2022 | Civil | Rule 16(c)(2) | Pending consideration |
| John D. Rabiej (22-CV-N) | 09/19/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| International Legal Finance Association (22-CV-O) | 10/03/2022 | Civil | Rule 16(c)(2) | Pending consideration |
| Product Liability Advisory Council (22-CV-P) | 10/05/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Andrew Straw (22-CV-R) | 12/04/2022 | Civil | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Sen. Ron Wyden (22-CV-S) | 08/04/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-T) | 12/22/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| John Facciola and Jonathan Redgrave (23-CV-A) | 01/31/2023 | Civil | Rules 16 and 26 (privilege logs) | Considered |
| Hon. Michael Baylson (23-CV-B) | 02/03/2023 | Civil | Rule 28 | Pending consideration |
| Product Liability Advisory Council (23-CV-C) | 02/16/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Hon. Gene E.K. Pratter (23-CV-D) | 02/22/2023 | Civil | Rule 60(b) | Considered |
| Alan Morrison (23-CV-E) | 02/23/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| Thirty-One Companies (23-CV-F) | 03/01/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Hon. Michael Baylson (23-CV-G) | 03/01/2023 | Civil | Rule 28 | Pending consideration |
| Sedona Conference (23-CV-H) | 03/03/2023 | Civil | Rule 28 | Pending consideration |