The Judicial Conference today announced proposed amendments to the federal rules. Among the proposed changes are a handful of small-bore changes to the appellate rules, namely:

• new disclosure-statement requirements for the government in some criminal appeals and for debtors in some bankruptcy appeals, and
• an end to the requirement for mailing paper copies of notices of appeal by district clerks and tax-case appellants.

A memo explaining the changes, authored by appellate rules advisory committee chair Judge Chagares, is here.

Written comments on the proposed changes are due by Feb. 15, 2018, and can be filed here. Or if you’re really fired up you can testify at a public rules committee hearing.