The Eleventh Circuit is ringing in the new year with new eFiling rules for the appeals before it. As I noted back in October, the Court has adopted extensive rules for using the ECF system to file briefs with the Court. Now’s the time: read ’em, know ’em, use ’em.
Effective February 1, 2012, the parties need only follow the language of the order to file an agreed stipulation to receive an enlargement of up to 120 days for an initial or answer brief, or 60 days for a reply brief.
Ready To Argue. Originally uploaded by Dineen. This week I had oral argument before Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona, and I decided to travel light. In the past when preparing for oral argument, I would, in the course of following my own advice, put together a notebook (or two!) with marked-up copies […]