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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-D) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 5009(b) | Pending consideration |
| Laura Bartell (22-BK-E) | 06/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Form 309 | Pending consideration |
| Christopher Cross (22-CV-G) | 06/14/2022 | Civil | Rule 17 | Pending consideration |
| Judge Patricia Barksdale (22-CV-F) | 06/08/2022 | Civil | Rule 7.1 | Pending consideration |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (22-CV-E) | 05/20/2022 | Civil | Third party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
| UCF Expert Panel (22-BK-C) | 05/19/2022 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 410 | Pending consideration |
| Stephen Sachs (22-AP-G) | 03/30/2022 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking regarding intervention on appeal | Pending consideration |
| Mark Wolfson (22-BK-B) | 03/17/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1020(b); Official Forms 309E2 and 309F2 | Pending consideration |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (22-AP-B) | 03/14/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29(a)(2) | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (22-CV-D) | 03/08/2022 | Civil | Rule 26(a)(1) | Pending consideration |
| New York City Bar Association (22-CR-A) | 02/17/2022 | Criminal | Rule 17 | 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 |
| Hon. Robert Faris (22-BK-A) | 02/10/2022 | Bankruptcy | Pending consideration | |
| The Sedona Conference (22-CV-A) | 01/12/2022 | Civil | Filing Under Seal | Pending consideration |
| Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (22-AP-A) | 01/07/2022 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (21-BK-O) | 12/20/2021 | Bankruptcy | New rule to Part VIII | Pending consideration |
| John Facciola and Jonathan Redgrave (21-CV-Z) | 11/24/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Joshua Goodbaum (21-CV-Y) | 11/12/2021 | Civil | Rule 4(d)(1) | Pending consideration |
| Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (21-AP-H) | 11/10/2021 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Bruce Reinhart (21-CR-K) | 10/26/2021 | Criminal | Rule 5 | Considered |
| Hon. Jared Bennett (21-CV-X) | 10/13/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Dana McWay (21-BK-N) | 10/13/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce (21-AP-G) | 10/06/2021 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Pending consideration |
| Institute for Justice (21-CV-W) | 10/04/2021 | Civil | Rule 12(a)(4) | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-CV-V) | 09/29/2021 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Pending consideration |
| Twenty-Eight Companies (21-CV-U) | 09/28/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (21-BK-M) | 09/20/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8006(g) | Pending consideration |
| Department of Justice (21-CR-J) | 09/13/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6(e) | Pending consideration |
| Heather Abraham, Alex Abdo, and Jonathan Manes (21-CV-T) | 09/03/2021 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |