The Federal Bar Council Presents Federal Rules Update

Join us for our annual Federal Rules Update, on September 30, 2025 at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse covering important developments in evidence and civil procedure including:

• Evidence Rule 801(d)(1)(A) (prior inconsistent statements) – effective 12/1/26

• Civil Rules 16 (pretrial conferences), 16.1 (multidistrict litigation) and 26(b)(5) (privilege logs) – effective 12/1/25

• Appellate Rule 29 (amicus brief) — effective 12/1/26

• Proposed Evidence Rules 707 (machine-generated evidence) and 609 (impeachment by evidence of a criminal conviction) — out for public comment Aug. 2025 to Feb. 2026, potentially effective 12/1/27

• Proposed amendments to Civil Rules 7.1 (disclosure of “grandparent” corporate entities), 41 (dismissal of claims, not entire actions or parties), 26 (whether disclosed witnesses will testimony in-person or remotely), 45(b) (service of subpoenas), 45(c) (subpoenas for remote court testimony)

• Potential Evidence Rule 901(c) (AI-created fabricated evidence/deep fakes)

• Recently adopted Evidence Rules 106 (remainder of or related statements), 107 (illustrative aids), 613(b) (extrinsic evidence of prior inconsistent statements), 702 (expert testimony), 1006 (summaries), and 615 (witness exclusion) — effective 2023 and 2024

• Recent Supreme Court decisions concerning standing, Rule 11, Rule 60(b) (three decisions), relation-forward of early-filed notices of appeal, TROs as appealable orders, standing, preliminary injunction winners and attorney’s fee statutes, and statements in briefs as judicial admissions.