We previously posted on Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(i), which is the rule governing the adoption of part or all of another’s brief. We initially looked at decisions addressing the burden on ...

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CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. September 17, 2021 - Baz Luhrmann's 1992 romantic comedy "Strictly Ballroom" features the tagline, "A life lived in fear . . ...

The briefing of an ordinary appeal is a three-step process. The party that is taking the appeal, known as the appellant, gets to file its opening brief arguing why the decision under review should be ...

Now that many of us are still reeling in shock following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's recent announcement that it has adopted a 5 p.m. electronic filing deadline, even after ...

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It is basic, but critical, to persuade the court that the result you seek is the right result. The court has to feel good about ruling in favor of your client. As Judge Gurfein of the Second Circuit ...

Governor Lee’s deployment of the Tennessee National Guard in support of the Memphis Safe Task Force is the subject of legal ...

From an order today in Doe v. Roe 1, by Judges Barry Silverman and Eric Miller (9th Cir.): The motion to intervene filed by Eugene Volokh (Docket Entry No. [22]) for the sole purpose of seeking ...

When we received Mr. Skilling's 239-page appellate brief this morning, we raised our eyebrows at its length. Coming in at roughly 60,000 words, we wondered whether the court placed limitations on the ...