Unless modified after receipt of public comment, Local Rules 56.3, 56.4, 56.5, and 56.6 will be amended effective as of December 1, 2010. (The new rules will apply to all proceedings in civil actions thereafter commenced, and, insofar as practicable, all proceedings in civil actions then pending).
The new rules focus primarily on the parties’ summary judgment appendixes. Among other things, the new rules require that parties cite each relevant page of their own or their opponent’s appendix. See New L.R. 56.5(c).
A pdf copy of the new rules (which contains a redline showing the changes from the old rules) has been made available by the Northern District of Texas (pdf here).