Seeking certain changes to multidistrict litigation, 45 general counsel and chief legal officers, including several with ties to New Jersey, signed a letter asking the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure concerning initial census, interlocutory appellate review and third-party funding litigation.

Among the signatories were top lawyers from BASF Corp., Becton Dickinson & Co., Celgene, Johnson & Johnson and others from companies with headquarters in or ties to New Jersey.