Restyling The Federal Rules of Evidence
On December 1, 2011, the restyled Federal Rules of Evidence became effective.
For the past several years, an effort has been underway to "restyle" the Federal Rules of Evidence. The restyling does not make substantive changes to the rules. On April 26, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court approved the restyled amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence. Under the Rules Enabling Act, the restyled amendments took effect. For more background information.
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