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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Facciola and Jonathan Redgrave (21-CV-Z) | 11/24/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (22-AP-A) | 01/07/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| 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 |
| New York City Bar Association (22-CR-A) | 02/17/2022 | Criminal | Rule 17 | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-D) | 03/08/2022 | Civil | Rule 26(a)(1) | Pending consideration |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (22-AP-B) | 03/14/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29(a)(2) | Pending consideration |
| UCF Expert Panel (22-BK-C) | 05/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 410 | Pending consideration |
| 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 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Ralph Erickson (22-CV-H) | 06/30/2022 | Civil | Rule 7.1 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-BK-G) | 07/12/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9016 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-CV-I) | 07/12/2022 | Civil | Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-D) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rules 1007 and 5009(b) | Pending consideration |
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-E) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Form 309 | Pending consideration |
| David Wenthold & Zachary Reynolds (22-CV-J) | 07/24/2022 | Civil | Rule 41 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-BK-H) | 07/29/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007 | Pending consideration |
| Alan Morrison and Roger Trangsrud (22-CV-K) | 08/18/2022 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-AP-C) | 09/01/2022 | Appellate | Rule 26.1 | Pending consideration |
| 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 | Pending consideration |
| International Legal Finance Association (22-AP-D) | 10/03/2022 | Appellate | Rule 26.1 | Pending consideration |
| 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 | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
| Maria Diamond (22-EV-A) | 11/22/2022 | Evidence | Rule 611 | Pending consideration |
| Andrew Straw (22-CV-R) | 12/04/2022 | Civil | Rule 11 | Pending consideration |
| Sen. Ron Wyden (22-AP-E) | 08/04/2022 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on redaction of SSNs | Pending consideration |