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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Considered | |
| 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 | Considered |
| John Facciola and Jonathan Redgrave (21-CV-Z) | 11/24/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 (privilege logs) | Considered |
| 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 |
| Dana McWay (21-BK-N) | 10/13/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
| Hon. Jared Bennett (21-CV-X) | 10/13/2021 | Civil | Rule 26 | 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 | Considered |
| 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 |
| Stephen Brown (21-BK-L) | 08/24/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3011 and proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Considered |
| Hon. Jesse M. Furman (21-CR-I) | 08/12/2021 | Criminal | Rule 49.1 | Considered |
| Daniel M. Sivilich (21-CV-S) | 07/29/2021 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Hon. Richard Hertling (21-CV-R) | 07/23/2021 | Civil | Rule 63 | Pending consideration |
| Giuseppe Ippolito (21-CV-Q) | 07/04/2021 | Civil | Rule 25 | Considered |
| U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (21-CV-P) | 07/01/2021 | Civil | Third party litigation funding | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Jesse Furman and Hon. Philip Halpern (21-CV-O) | 06/21/2021 | Civil | Rule 41(a) | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Patricia Barksdale (21-CR-H) | 06/21/2021 | Criminal | Rule 59(b)(2) | Considered |
| Senators Tillis, Grassley, and Cornyn (21-CV-N) | 06/07/2021 | Civil | Rule 9 | Considered |
| City of Chicago (21-BK-K) | 06/04/2021 | Bankruptcy | Official Form B113 | Considered |
| Gary Peel (21-CV-M) | 05/17/2021 | Civil | New rule regarding time frame for motion resolution | Considered |