As a friendly reminder, the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure will go into effect on December 1, 2016. The most important changes are that principle briefs are limited to 13,000 words and the three-day service period for electronic filing has been eliminated. There are also new word limits for motions and … Continue Reading
We’ve posted previously about the proposal to reduce the word limit for federal appellate briefs from 14,000 to 12,500 words, explaining that the reduced limit would probably not be a problem in most cases, but might pose a formidable obstacle to more complex or record-intensive appeals. Now, data from the Eighth Circuit indicates that, even … Continue Reading
