Today’s the day that electronic filing by the clerks of court and court reporters becomes mandatory. As previously discussed, this means that the clerks of court and agencies within the First DCA — which encompases the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th and 14th Circuits — now must transmit their certified copies of the Notice of Appeal […]
Welcome to the 2011 term of the United States Supreme Court. The New York Times has a pretty decent roundup of the issues facing the Court his term. And of course, this is Justice Kagan’s first term with the Court, so there will be a lot of interest in seeing how her presence affects the […]
A footnote in recent 11th Circuit opinion tries to bring some order to the jurisdictional morass that is post trial motions, the time for filing an notice of appeal, and the difference between a claims processing rule (which can be waived) and subject matter jurisdiction (which cannot). It may only be a footnote, but I […]