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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James J. Curry, Jr. (18-CV-F) | 01/19/2018 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (18-CV-D) | 01/17/2018 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
| American Association for Justice (18-CV-C) | 01/17/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (18-CV-B) | 01/17/2018 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Bharani Padmanabhan (18-CV-A) | 01/12/2018 | Civil | Rule 55 | Considered |
| Joni Albanese (17-CR-E) | 12/16/2017 | Criminal | Considered | |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (17-CV-HHHHHH) | 12/15/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| A. Lysa Simon (Docket Number 17-BK-E) | 12/13/2017 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Grimm (17-CR-D) | 12/01/2017 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Pending consideration |
| Stephen E. Sachs (17-AP-F) | 11/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Christopher Landau (17-AP-G) | 11/09/2017 | Appellate | Rule 42(b) | Considered |
| U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, et al. (17-CV-GGGGGG) | 11/03/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Bob Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee (17-CV-FFFFFF) | 11/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| U.S. Department of Justice (17-AP-H) | 10/14/2017 | Appellate | Rules 10, 11, and 12 | Considered |
| Koji Fukumura, et al. (17-CV-DDDDDD) | 10/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (17-EV-D) | 10/12/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
| Martin Monica (17-CV-EEEEEE) | 10/11/2017 | Civil | Rule 5 | Considered |
| Washington Legal Foundation (17-CV-CCCCCC) | 09/27/2017 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on MDL proceedings | Considered |
| W. Bradley Wendel and Anthony J. Sebok (17-CV-BBBBBB) | 09/27/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Peter Lushing (17-EV-C) | 09/26/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d) | Considered |
| Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (17-CV-AAAAAA) | 09/15/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC (17-CV-ZZZZZ) | 09/06/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Bentham IMF (17-CV-YYYYY) | 09/06/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Mediation Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute (17-BK-D) | 09/06/2017 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9019 | Considered |
| Burford Capital LLC (17-CV-XXXXX) | 09/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 | Pending consideration |
| Innocence Project (17-EV-B) | 09/01/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
| American Association for Justice (17-EV-A) | 08/30/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
| John H. Hickey (17-CV-VVVVV) | 08/15/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Mark Cohen (17-CV-UUUUU) | 08/15/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Public Justice and the Public Justice Foundation (17-CV-TTTTT) | 08/11/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |