MR. ARENSON

MR. RAKOWER

 The Mission of the Federal Procedure Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association is to comment on, and present to the public and interested observers issues concerning existing or prospective developments relating to practice in federal courts under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence.

The Federal Procedure Committee is Co-Chaired by Gregory Arenson, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheider LLP, New York City garenson@kaplanfox.com and Michael C. Rakower, Rakower, Lupkin PLLC, New York City mrakower@rakowerlupkin.com.

Committee Activities
* Report on transfer of cases

Committee Reports
Whether the Heightened Pleading Requirement of Trombly and Iqbal Apply to Pleading Affirmative Defenses (March 2012)
Rule 5 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Should be Revised re Electronic Service of Papers Without Prior Consent (Oct 2012)
Report on Rule 56 (2008)
Rule 8(a)(2) After Twombly (2008)
Proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 502 (2007)
Service of Subpoena's on Government Agencies (2006)
Report Opposing ABA Report re Discovery (2006)
Service of Subpoena (2005)
Compelling Witness (2005)
Report on Rule 30(b)(6) (2004)
Deposition Witness (2002)
Discovery of Electronic Information (2001)
Proposed Changes to Civil Discovery Rules (1988)
Search for Reliable Expertise (1998)
Judicial Impact Legislation (1991)
Distant Forum Litigation (1991)
Civil RICO Case Statement (1990)
Pretrial Motions on Evidence (1990)
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 (1990)