CIT Adopts Changes to Rules 84, 87, Proposes Change to Rule 74
The Court of International Trade approved amendments to two of its rules and various of its forms on Oct. 23, the court announced. The court altered Rules 84 and 87. Rule 87, which previously was titled "Forms," is now titled "Civil Rules Emergency" to reflect changes to the Federal Rules for Civil Procedure.
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The new rule says the chief judges can declare a civil rules emergency if the court finds that "extraordinary circumstances relating to public health or safety, or affecting physical or electronic access to the court, substantially impair the court's ability to perform its functions in compliance with these rules." Upon such a designation, the court's emergency rules apply, which govern service and extension of time to file certain motions and appeal decisions. Rule 84 was amended to move the existing Rule 87, titled "Forms" into Rule 84 to allow for the new Rule 87 to be enacted.
Various amendments to the court's forms were made. The amendments largely require attorneys submitting the forms to report their firms' names and additional contact information (see 2506270027).
In addition to announcing the adopted amendments, the trade court also provided notice that it's considering proposed amendments to Rule 74, Form 10, Form 13 and the Specific Instructions to Form 13.
Rule 74 governs attorneys' admission to practice. The amendment says that if an attorney applies to be admitted to CIT via "oral motion by a member of the bar of this court or of the Supreme Court of the United States," the application must be accompanied by a certificate issued by a "judge of or by the clerk of" any federal court or highest state court if the sponsoring attorney hasn't worked in the same firm, agency or company with the applicant for more than six months.
The proposed amendments to Forms 10 and 13 reflect the changes made in this proposal.