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 ...

The primary function of the appellate court is to consider errors of law committed by the trial judge. Advocacy in the appellate court is an art unto itself. John W. Davis, Esq., a great appellate ...

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 ...

In appellate litigation, the written brief does most of the heavy lifting. It aims to convince the court that an error has occurred. But it is a cold document and ...

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 . . ...