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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm (20-EV-T) | 10/09/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (20-CV-CC) | 10/06/2020 | Civil | Rule 7.1 and Rule 73 | Pending consideration |
| Robert Scott and Marquel Jordan (20-EV-R) | 10/05/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo (20-EV-Q) | 10/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (20-EV-P) | 10/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Bayer Corporation (20-EV-O) | 10/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| J. Gordon Cooney Jr. and William Peterson (20-EV-S) | 09/30/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Kuchler Polk Weiner LLC (20-EV-N) | 09/30/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Ballard Spahr (20-EV-M) | 09/30/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Chubb Group of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (20-CV-BB) | 09/29/2020 | Civil | Third-party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
| Ford Motor Company (20-EV-L) | 09/26/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-AA) | 09/09/2020 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| Debra Baker (20-EV-K) | 09/03/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Pending consideration |
| David Bernstein and Eric Lasker (20-EV-J) | 08/31/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Pending consideration |
| A. Benjamin Spencer (20-CV-Z) | 08/28/2020 | Civil | Rule 9(b) | Considered |
| Sai (20-CV-Y) | 08/24/2020 | Civil | Rule 60 | Considered |
| Sai (20-AP-E) | 08/24/2020 | Appellate | Rule 3 | Pending consideration |
| Alvin White Jr. (20-CV-X) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Jerry Lowe (20-CV-W) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Cathy Ellis (20-CV-V) | 08/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Janeth Ramos (20-CV-U) | 08/09/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Eugene Volokh, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (20-CV-T) | 08/06/2020 | Civil | New Rule 5.3 | Pending consideration |
| Thomas O'Toole (20-CV-S) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-CV-R) | 08/04/2020 | Civil | Rules 26 and 45 (privilege logs) | Considered |
| Beverly Peet (20-CV-Q) | 08/03/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Jason Wilson-Aguilar (20-BK-H) | 08/03/2020 | Bankruptcy | Form B410 | Considered |
| Glenn Birket (20-CV-P) | 08/02/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| Larry Wagstaff (20-CV-O) | 08/01/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |
| International Association of Defense Counsel (20-EV-H) | 07/31/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Nilda Sorger (20-CV-N) | 07/31/2020 | Civil | Rule 5(d)(3)(B) | Pending consideration |