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Rules Comments

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Beginning with the August 2013-14 public comment period, proposed changes to the Federal Rules and Forms have been published on regulations.gov. Review archived changes and comments published after August 2013.

Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Honorable H. Russel Holland (08-CV-149) 01/29/2009 Civil 56
National Employment Lawyers Association (Stefano G. Moscato) (08-CV-143) 01/28/2009 Civil 56
Ralph A. Zappala (08-CV-144) 01/28/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Thomas A. Packer (08-CV-148) 01/28/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Gene  P. Graham (08-CV-147) 01/28/2009 Civil 56
Mark A. Buchanan (08-CV-146) 01/28/2009 Civil 56
Professor Stephen B. Burbank (08-CV-145) 01/28/2009 Civil 56
Donald Fritz Zimmer (08-CV-140) 01/27/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Andrew B. Downs (08-CV-136) 01/27/2009 Civil 56
Voice of the Defense Bar (Kimberly D. Baker) (08-CV-139) 01/27/2009 Civil 26 & 56
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Jeffrey W. Jackson) (08-CV-138) 01/27/2009 Civil 56
Mary Massaron Ross (08-CV-137) 01/27/2009 Civil 56
National Employment Lawyers Association (Stefano G. Moscato) (08-CV-141) 01/27/2009 Civil 56
Honorable David F. Hamilton (08-CV-142) 01/27/2009 Civil 56
DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar (Marc E. Williams) (08-CV-135) 01/27/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Professor Bradley Scott Shannon (08-CV-134) 01/26/2009 Civil 56
Sharon J. Arkin (08-CV-133) 01/26/2009 Civil 56
Honorable Timothy J. Savage (08-CV-132) 01/26/2009 Civil 56
Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson) (08-CV-131) 01/26/2009 Civil 56
District and Magistrate Judges of the Western District of Washington (Honorable Robert S. Lasnik) (08-CV-130) 01/26/2009 Civil 56
Daniel J. Herling (08-CV-129) 01/26/2009 Civil 26 & 56
The Council of the Section of Litigation, ABA (Robert L. Rothman) (08-CV-128) 01/23/2009 Civil 26
Michael R. Nelson (08-CV-127) 01/23/2009 Civil 56
Lawyers for Civil Justice (Gregory M. Lederer) (08-CV-126) 01/22/2009 Civil 56
Raoul D. Kennedy (08-CV-125) 01/20/2009 Civil 26 & 56
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Peter Goldberger and William J. Genego) (08-CR-009) 01/17/2009 Criminal 15 and 32
Federal Public and Community Defenders (Richard A. Anderson) (08-CR-007) 01/13/2009 Criminal 15
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Wayne B. Mason) (08-CV-124) 01/12/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Federal Public and Community Defenders (Thomas W. Hillier) (08-CR-005) 01/09/2009 Criminal Criminal Rules
Federal Public Defenders (Richard A. Anderson) (08-CR-006) 01/09/2009 Criminal 15