Rules Changes Archives

2003 - 2009 Archive
Proposed Rules Changes and Recent Rules Orders

REPORT

SUBMITTED TO COURT OF APPEALS

DATE OF COURT'S
OPEN MEETING

RULES ORDER

Letter Report - Rule 9-206

09-23-09

10-05-09 at 2 p.m.
(see NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 10-05-09

162nd Report

Supplement to the 162nd Report

07-01-09

07-29-09

09-09-09 at 2 p.m.
(See NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 09-10-09

161st Report

Supplement to the 161st Report

05-26-09

06-09-09

06-16-09 at 1 p.m.
(See NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 06-16-09

Rule 16-104 (Judicial Leave)

12-30-08

Rules Order

filed 12-30-08

160th Report

12-03-08

02-09-09 at 2 p.m.
(See NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 02-10-09

159th Report

07-14-08

07-22-08 at 10 a.m.
(See NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 07-22-08

Letter Report - Rule 9-206

11-15-07

12-03-07 at 2 p.m.
(see NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 12-04-07

158th Report

Supplement to the 158th Report - Category 3 - Criminal Discovery Rules

09-26-07

03-25-08

12-03-07 at 2 p.m.
(see NOTICE)

04-07-08 at 2 p.m.
(see NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 12-04-07

Rules Order

filed 04-08-08

Revised State Pro Bono Action Plan

December 2006

03-12-07

Rules Order

filed 04-10-07

Letter Report - Rules 16-606.1, 16-602, 16-609, and 1.15

01-22-07

03-12-07 at 2 p.m.
(see NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 03-12-07

157th Report

Revisions to Deferred Rules

12-19-06

04-11-07 at 2 p.m.
(see NOTICE)

06-04-07 at 2 p.m.
(see NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 05-08-07

Rules Order

filed 06-04-07

Letter Report - Rules 16-813 and 16-815

Interim Report of the Study Group on Recalled Judges

07-12-06

12-01-05

11-06-06
(see NOTICE)

Letter Report - Rules 16-1009 and 16-1007

07-12-06

07-25-06

Rules Order

filed 07-25-06

Letter Report - Rules 14-204, 14-205, and 14-206

01-06-06

01-10-06

Rules Order

filed 01-10-06

156th Report

Supplement to 156th Report

10-27-05

12-16-05

01-10-06

03-06-06

04-10-06
(see NOTICE)

Rules Order

filed 01-10-06

Rules Order

filed 03-07-06

Rules Order

filed 04-10-06

Authorization for Attorneys Displaced by Hurricane Katrina to Practice from Maryland

09-29-05

09-29-05

Rules Order

filed 09-29-05

155th Report

09-12-05

11-07-05

Rules Order

filed 11-08-05

Proposed amendments to Bar Admission Rules 1, 7, and 8, recommended by the State Board of Law Examiners

09-06-05

Rules Order

filed 09-13-05

Rule 16-760(d)(2)
prohibits disbarred or suspended attorneys from employment as paralegals

Proposed amendments to Rule 16-760 and Rule 5.3 of the Md. Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct

09-06-05
various parties argued in open court to repeal, modify, or defer the Rule

12-16-05

10-11-05
(following the hearing on 09-06-05 the court scheduled an open Rules meeting to decide whether to repeal, modify, or defer the Rule)

02-06-06

Rules Order

filed 06-02-05

Order

filed 08-08-05

Rules Order

filed 03-03-06

Report of the Select Committee appointed by the Court of Appeals to study the Ethics 2000 Amendments to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct

12-16-03

01-10-05

Rules Order

filed 02-08-05

154th Report

01-10-05

04-04-05

Rules Order

filed 04-05-05

Report of the Judicial Ethics Committee and 153rd Report of the Rules Committee

06-30-04

11-08-04

Rules Order

filed 12-02-04

Letter Report Rule 4-345
(Sentencing--Revisory Power of Court)

02-17-04

05-10-04

Rules Order

filed 05-11-04

Recommendations (in PDF) to the Court of Appeals from the Court Committee designated to develop rules regarding access to court records

11-17-03

02-06-04

Rules Order

filed 03-04-04

152nd

note: the PDF version provides links to help navigate the report

07-30-03

12-08-03
11-10-03
10-7-03

152nd Rules Order

filed 11-12-03

152nd Rules Order

filed 12-08-03

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