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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
Federal Public Defenders (Richard A. Anderson) (08-CR-006) 01/09/2009 Criminal 15
Honorable Barbara B. Crabb (08-CV-123) 01/09/2009 Civil 56
Peter O. Glaessner (08-CV-122) 01/07/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Lawyers for Civil Justice (Gregory M. Lederer) (08-CV-108) 01/07/2009 Civil 56
Carlos Rincon (08-CV-111) 01/07/2009 Civil 56
Charles Miers (08-CV-112) 01/07/2009 Civil 26
DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar (John H. Martin) (08-CV-113) 01/07/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Alaska Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (Gregory S. Fisher) (08-CV-114) 01/07/2009 Civil 56
Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Keith B. O’Connell) (08-CV-116) 01/07/2009 Civil 26 & 56
DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar (Cary E. Hiltgen) (08-CV-117) 01/07/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Advocacy Incorporated (Thomas J. Crane) (08-CV-119) 01/07/2009 Civil 56
Malinda A. Gaul (08-CV-118) 01/07/2009 Civil 56
The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (Peter S. Pearlman) (08-CV-105) 01/06/2009 Civil 26
Professor Stephen D. Easton (08-CV-115) 01/06/2009 Civil 26
Shell Oil Company (G. Edward Pickle) (08-CV-110) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Donald Fritz Zimmer (08-CV-107) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers (Phil R. Richards) (08-CV-121) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
District and Magistrate Judges of United States District Court of Indiana (Honorable Robert L. Miller, Jr.) (08-CV-104) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Richard D. Friedman (08-EV-002) 01/06/2009 Evidence 804
Elizabeth J. Cabraser (08-CV-106) 01/06/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Seven Massachusetts Lawyers (Ellen J. Messing) (08-CV-109) 01/05/2009 Civil 56
Sharon J. Arkin (08-CV-103) 01/05/2009 Civil 56
American Bar Association – Section of Litigation (Jeffrey J. Greenbaum and Loren Kieve) (08-CV-102) 01/05/2009 Civil 26 & 56
National Employment Lawyers Association (L. Steven Platt) (08-CV-100) 12/29/2008 Civil 56
Michael R. Nelson (08-CV-101) 12/29/2008 Civil 56
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Jeffrey W. Jackson) (08-CV-099) 12/23/2008 Civil 56
Committee on Civil Litigation of the US District Court in the Eastern District of New York (Guy Miller Struve) (08-CV-098) 12/22/2008 Civil 26 & 56
DRI - Voice of the Defense Bar (Marc E. Williams) (08-CV-097) 12/22/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Michele Y. Smith (08-CV-096) 12/18/2008 Civil 56
Kevin J. Dunne (08-CV-095) 12/18/2008 Civil 26 & 56