Kinney & Lange Blog Summary of Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and a Potential Impact on NPEs

By: Tony Salmo On December 15, 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect. Congress passed and the Supreme Court adopted amendments to Rules 1, 4, 16, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 55, and 84. The amendment to rule 84 effectively eliminated the Appendix of Forms. On April 28, 2016, the Supreme Court approved amendments for review by congress for: Federal Rules of Appellate Practice, Rules 4, 5, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 28.1, 29, 32, 35, and 40, and Forms 1, 5, and 6, new Form 7 and new Appendix; Bankruptcy Rules 1010, 1011,...Read MoreThe post Summary of Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and a Potential Impact on NPEs appeared first on IP Law Blog | Kinney & Lange Intellectual Property Law Firm.