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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| William Sanders (23-CV-I) | 03/16/2023 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (23-CV-J) | 03/23/2023 | Civil | Rule 23(b)(3) | Pending consideration |
| Joshua Carback (23-CV-K) | 03/25/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking regarding contempt proceedings | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (23-CV-L) | 04/24/2023 | Civil | Social Security Supplemental Rules | Considered |
| 35 Organizations (23-CV-M) | 05/08/2023 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Joseph Leckenby (23-CV-N) | 05/10/2023 | Civil | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Anthony Buonopane (23-CV-O) | 05/15/2023 | Civil | Rule 53 | Considered |
| Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy (22-CV-Q) | 07/05/2022 | Civil | Rule 53 | Considered |
| Peter Geraci (23-CV-P) | 05/19/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
| Richie Muniak (23-CV-Q) | 05/25/2023 | Civil | Rule 10 | Considered |
| DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (23-CV-R) | 08/29/2023 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| 17 Organizations (23-CV-S) | 08/31/2023 | Civil | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
| 19 Organizations (23-CV-T) | 08/31/2023 | Civil | Rule 77 | Pending consideration |
| Prof. Amanda Shanor and the Brennan Center for Justice (23-CV-U) | 09/01/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on civil case assignments | Pending consideration |
| Committee on Rule Amendment at Cornell Law School (23-CV-V) | 09/15/2023 | Civil | Rule 12 | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (23-CV-W) | 09/19/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on privacy rights and cyber security risks | Pending consideration |
| American College of Trial Lawyers (23-CV-X) | 09/27/2023 | Civil | Rule 41 and Rule 45 | Pending consideration |