Two amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence 702—which governs the admissibility of expert testimony in federal court—are one step closer to final approval after the Judicial Conference’s Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure voted unanimously this month to advance them.

The amendments were recommended by the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules following the completion of a public comment period with the notable submission of over 500 comments, including many challenges by members of the plaintiffs’ bar.

The advisory committee submitted the amendments with changes from those released for public comment and discussed in a Bloomberg Law analysis …