Bloomberg Law has Amicus Disclosure Rule Gets Judiciary Panel’s Final Approval and Law360 has Judiciary Panel Advances New Rules On Amici, AI, SubpoenasFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29: Amicus Briefs — One of the most prominent and controversial rules on Tuesday’s agenda emerged from the Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, which spent nearly six
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SCOTUS Oops; Appellate Pride
By David Butler
Law360 has High Court Says Software Glitch Led To Early Order List Drop — An “apparent software malfunction” caused the U.S. Supreme Court’s order list to be issued early Friday, orders in which the justices granted certiorari in four cases and refused to take up a long list of other ones.The Appellate Project’s Pride…
LACourtConnect extends to LASC Appellate Division
By David Butler
SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO EXPAND LACOURTCONNECT REMOTE APPEARANCE PLATFORM TO APPELLATE DIVISION AND ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL COURTHOUSESAppellate Division Goes Live June 12; Second Phase of Criminal Rollout Begins June 16The Superior Court of Los Angeles County will continue the phased rollout of LACourtConnect (LACC), the Court’s free technology platform for remote…
Why so many judges on SCOTUS?
By David Butler
Confirmation Tales has Why We Have So Many Former Federal Appellate Judges on the Supreme Court -Explaining the dramatic shift. The article begins:Over the first seven decades of the 20th century, justices were drawn from a variety of backgrounds: United States senators, U.S. Attorneys General and other top Department of Justice officials, state supreme court justices,…
Time from briefing to argument in Cal Supreme Court?
By David Butler
SCOCA Blog has The California Supreme Court’s average time from briefing to oral argument 2023–24
- Civil cases took about 12.5 months from party briefing completion until oral argument.
- Non-capital criminal cases took about nine months.
LASC Appellate Division e-service
By David Butler
SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO EXPAND ELECTRONIC SERVICE FOR APPELLATE CASE DOCUMENTS STARTING JUNE 16, 2025Beginning June 16, 2025, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County will implement electronic service (eService) for transmitting, delivering, and serving required documents in Appellate Division cases. This initiative marks a significant milestone in the Court’s phased rollout…
9th Cir. survey re motions
By David Butler
The Appellate Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit are conducting a new survey of practitioners, this time focused on motions practice. The results will be presented to the Judges of the Ninth Circuit at a meeting at the end of July. Here is the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FLH57RH The survey should take only around 10 minutes to…
Upcoming law school events of appellate note
By David Butler
UCI Law’s 15th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review, featuring Dean Chemerinsky et al. will be July 8 from 3:30 to 5. Register here.Pepperdine’s Caruso School of Law dinner will feature former SGs Prelogar and Francisco, Sept. 27 at the Beverly Wilshire.
2/8's J.Grimes retires
By David Butler
Second District Court of Appeal Announces Retirement of Justice Elizabeth A. GrimesThe Second District Court of Appeal announces the retirement of Associate Justice Elizabeth A. Grimes from Division Eight, effective May 31, 2025. Justice Grimes has served with distinction on the appellate court since her confirmation in April 2010. Her judicial career began with…
2d DCA pro tem update & more
By David Butler
The following are currently sitting on assignment in the 2d District:• Judge Kimberly A. Gaab of the Fresno County Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Three until June 30, 2025 • Judge Kira Klatchko of the Riverside County Superior Court will be sitting Pro Tem in Division Three until July 5, 2025 • Judge…