Insights
Vol. 04 · 5 entries
- 05
The brief that raises nine issues concedes it has none
Courts reverse on one thing. Everything else in your brief is competing with it for the panel's attention.
Marguerite OyelaranJune 17, 20267 min - 04
Two words that end appeals: preserved below
The objection nobody wanted to make at trial is the one the panel asks about first.
Marguerite OyelaranMay 1, 20266 min - 03
What the rulemaking file will not tell you
Agencies lose on procedure far more often than substance, and the defect is usually in the docket.
Imani BelroseMarch 23, 20268 min - 02
Rule 23(f) gives you fourteen days and no extensions
If you start drafting when the certification order issues, you have already lost a week you needed.
Harlan VoskFebruary 10, 20265 min - 01
Everything you know that the panel does not
The trial team's greatest asset is also the reason they should not write the appeal.
Marguerite OyelaranDecember 8, 20256 min
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