Judicial Panel Approves Amicus Disclosure, Mass Tort Changes (1)

Attorneys will now be able to weigh in on a proposed federal rule meant to disclose funding of amicus briefs.

The Judicial Conference’s Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, often called the Standing Committee, on Tuesday sent the proposal to be published for public comment.

“It is clear that our proposal is going to generate a lot of public controversy,” said Judge Jay Bybee of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, who chairs the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules that created the draft rule.

The committee also approved a new rule that would set out the ...