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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sen. Ron Wyden (22-CV-S) | 08/04/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs | Pending consideration |
| Bentham IMF (17-CV-YYYYY) | 09/06/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-E) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Form 309 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Arthur Harris (21-BK-G) | 03/09/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007, Official Form B423 | Pending consideration |
| Washington Legal Foundation (20-CV-D) | 03/19/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Pending consideration |
| U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, et al. (17-CV-O) | 06/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Ralph Brubaker, Robert Lawless, and Bruce Markell (21-BK-C) | 02/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-D) | 03/08/2022 | Civil | Rule 26(a)(1) | Pending consideration |
| Fred Wilcon (19-AP-H) | 12/24/2019 | Appellate | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Subpoenas | Pending consideration |
| American Board of Trial Advocates (17-CV-F) | 03/02/2017 | Civil | Rule 47 | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-CV-V) | 09/29/2021 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-R) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rules 26(b)(5)(a) and 45(e)(2) | Pending consideration |
| Arthur Spitzer (19-CV-Z) | 09/19/2019 | Civil | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
| Sen. Ron Wyden (22-CR-B) | 08/04/2022 | Criminal | Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs | Pending consideration |
| Burg Simpson (20-CV-I) | 06/16/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL interlocutory appeals | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Donald W. Molloy (17-CR-C) | 05/12/2017 | Criminal | Rule 32(e)(2) | Pending consideration |
| Zachary Clopton (18-CV-Y) | 10/26/2018 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning MDL Cases | Pending consideration |
| Giuseppe Ippolito (22-BK-F) | 07/04/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7012(b) | Pending consideration |
| Sai (21-CV-I) | 04/14/2021 | Civil | Rule 4(i) | Pending consideration |
| David Bernstein and Eric Lasker (20-EV-J) | 08/31/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-E) | 03/30/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Pending consideration |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (22-AP-B) | 03/14/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29(a)(2) | Pending consideration |
| Thirty-One Companies (23-CV-F) | 03/01/2023 | Civil | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
| American Bar Association (17-CV-C) | 01/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 47 | Pending consideration |
| Alan Morrison (19-CV-B) | 01/22/2019 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
| Department of Justice (21-CR-J) | 09/13/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) | Pending consideration |
| Thomas O'Toole (20-CV-S) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Joint Suggestion from 48 General Counsel (19-CV-AA) | 10/03/2019 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking concerning MDL cases | Pending consideration |
| Erwin Rosenberg (22-AP-F) | 12/15/2022 | Appellate | Rule 46 | Pending consideration |
| Brian T. Fitzpatrick (12-AP-F) | 08/22/2012 | Appellate | Rule 42 | Pending consideration |