The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many changes in the legal profession over the last 10 months. Those receiving the most focus have been, for obvious reasons, things like remote proceedings
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In response to recent cybersecurity concerns with government networks, the Fourth Circuit announced today that it would soon be making available procedures for the filing of highly sensitive documents. See
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There is a school of thought in legal writing that you should never put anything too important in footnotes, as some readers might skip over them. See, e.g., https://www.legalwritingpro.com/articles/the-lowdown-on-footnotes/.
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If you follow the Fourth Circuit, you know that there has been a noticeable increase in the number of en banc cases that the Court has taken, and in those
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The Fourth Circuit announced today that its suspension of in-person arguments will continue through the December 7-11 argument session. Read the full announcement here.
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North Carolina General Statute § 7A-30(2) allows for an appeal as of right to the Supreme Court of North Carolina from “any decision of the Court of Appeals rendered in
Continue Reading When It Comes to Appeals as of Right to the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Not All Dissents Are The Same
Another week, another published ruling on an en banc rehearing petition from the Fourth Circuit. Last week we saw Judge Niemeyer arguing in a published concurring opinion that en banc
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A few years ago I wrote about The Curious Cases(s) of the Published Denial of Rehearing. In that post, which focused on two published denials of rehearing from the
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The Fourth Circuit announced today that in-person oral arguments would continue to be suspended for the October 27-30 argument session. As with the September session, cases assigned to pre-argument review
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The Fourth Circuit has extended its suspension of the Local Rule 36(a) requirement that published opinions have oral argument. Effective immediately, Chief Judge Gregory has extended Standing Order 20-01, originally
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