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2004 Rep. Advisory Comm. on Civ. Rules 1 (2004)

handle is hein.usfed/adcvru0037 and id is 1 raw text is: To: Honorable David F. Levi, Chair, Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure From: Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal, Chair, Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Date: May 17, 2004 Re: Report of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee Introduction The Civil Rules Advisory Committee met at a conference on electronic discovery at Fordham Law School on February 20-21, 2004, and met again at the Administrative Office of the United States Courts on April 15-16,2004. Style Subcommittees A and B met at Fordham Law School, one on February 19 and the other on February 21. The Discovery Subcommittee met on March 20 at the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. The several Subcommittees also met by conference calls during the time since the January meeting of the Standing Committee. Draft Minutes of the April Advisory Committee meeting are attached. Part I of this report presents action items. Part I A recommends transmission for approval of amendments to Civil Rules 6(e), 27, and 45, as well as Supplemental Rules B and C. These proposals were published for comment in August 2003. A new Rule 5.1 and conforming amendments to Rule 24(c) also were published last August, but the Advisory Committee has tabled discussion of these proposals for further work. Part I B recommends several proposals for publication for comment in August 2004. One proposal is to amend Rule 50. A package of proposals aimed at discovery of electronically stored information includes amendments to Rules 16, 26, 33, 34, 37, and 45, along with a related amendment of Form 35. Another package includes a new Supplemental Rule G for civil asset forfeiture actions, along with conforming amendments of Supplemental Rules A, C, and E. Part I C recommends approval for publication early in 2005 of Style Rules 38 through 63, minus Style Rule 45 which was approved for later publication at the January 2004 Standing Committee

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