The judge on Wednesday also ordered both sides not to discuss plea negotiations in future court filings, saying that violated state judicial rules.

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One can also expect any such approval to be conditioned upon the explicit permission of judicial enforcement of said rules.

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It also means litigants may engage in wasteful forum-shopping efforts to find the judicial venue where the rules are most favorable them.

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While welcoming the announcement, he told the BBC that other severance payments to staff made through a different process, known as judicial mediation, may not be covered by the new rules.

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Finally, the pact may acknowledge that its rules can only be enforced by peer pressure, not judicial rulings and financial punishments.

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When it comes to negotiation, it would be hard to retreat from asking for those opt-outs, but he should not make too much of a failure to win. (There is precious little new social legislation in the pipeline, and Britain already has the right to opt out of most new judicial measures.) A reprieve for the City from the proposed financial rules would be a coup.

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The Federal Rules of Evidence make reference to the importance of the oath in our judicial system.

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Polls show only a minority of Americans are willing to change the rules so that filibusters can be stopped with just 50 votes instead of 60, even on judicial nominations.

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It said new rules that could be applied retrospectively were "illegal", hence the decision to file for a judicial review.

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