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2010 Rep. Advisory Comm. on Civ. Rules 89 (2010)

handle is hein.usfed/adcvru0043 and id is 1 raw text is: COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20544 LEE H. ROSENTHAL CHAIRS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES CHAIR JEFFREY S. SUTTON PETER G. McCABE APPELLATE RULES SECRETARY LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN BANKRUPTCY RULES MARK R. KRAVITZ CIVIL RULES RICHARD C. TALLMAN MEMORANDUM CRIMINAL RULES ROBERT L. HINKLE EVIDENCE RULES DATE: May 17, 2010 TO: Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal, Chair, Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure FROM: Honorable Mark R. Kravitz, Chair, Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure RE: Report of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee Introduction The Civil Rules Advisory Committee met at the Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 18 and 19, 2010. Draft Minutes of this meeting are attached. The Committee presents no items for action at this meeting. Several matters on the Committee agenda are presented for information and possible discussion. 2010 Conference: Introduction The Committee sponsored a conference at the Duke University School of Law on May 10 and 11. The conference was a resounding success. More than 70 moderators, panelists, and speakers presented a wide array of views, achieving consensus on some issues and prompting vigorous discussion of many others. A list of the panels and participants is attached to show the breadth and depth of experience and talent assembled for the conference. In addition to members of the Civil Rules Committee, the conference was attended by Standing Committee chair and members Rosenthal, Colson, Hartz, Huff, Levi, Maledon, and Teilborg, as well as Reporter Coquillette and consultant Hazard. The other advisory committees also were represented, including Appellate (Struve), Bankruptcy (Gibson), Criminal (Beale), and Evidence (Hinkle and Fitzwater). No summary can do justice to the conference. Text messages of congratulations and appreciation were already being delivered while the conference was under way. The fruits of the conference itself, and the massive set of papers prepared for it, will command the Civil Rules Committee's attention, and support its work, for years to come. They also wil.l stimulate work by many other groups. Responses to the problems and opportunities presented at the conference will come not only in the Enabling Act process but also in other organizations of the bench and bar that

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