Some litigators say appealing a trial court ruling can be frustrating and costly because New Jersey's Appellate Division routinely sends back their briefs with a notice that they were rejected on ...

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 ...

Writing a good Introduction to an appellant's opening brief takes careful thought. Appellate court rules do not require an Introduction, so leave it out unless you can think of a good reason to ...

Convicted militia leader Schaeffer Cox has been given more time to file an appeal brief with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Cox was convicted in 2012 of nine federal charges, including ...

On December 1, 2016, a set of rule amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure became effective. The amended rules and details of the amendments can be ...

So last week was my week for feeling vindicated. First there was President Trump's return, which showed the New York Times to the contrary notwithstanding, that then developer Donald Trump's nearly ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor told an appellate court on Wednesday that Jackson's contract with AEG Live LLC should have been admitted as evidence in Dr. Conrad Murray's ...

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 ...

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Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader approved an updated list of fonts for filings in the Maryland Supreme Court and Appellate Court. (Submitted Photo) For the first time in more than 26 years, Maryland ...

The city of Santa Monica filed its opening brief Friday in the appellate phase of the voting rights case initiated by Latino residents who allege the city's election system dilutes their voting power.

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 ...