This week the Fourth Circuit joined a growing trend in acknowledging that its judges can, and sometimes do, look outside of the joint appendix/appellate record and Westlaw/Lexis for support for
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Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Appeal $40 Million Judgment
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Do you regularly check the docket activity in your cases? If this routine is not already a part of your practice, it probably should be, especially when your client’s appeal…
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Is Your Brief As Beautiful On An iPad As It Is On Paper?
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I relish the warmth of a freshly printed brief and the texture of the bond paper on which it is printed. But your audience–an appellate judge–may well be reading your…
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