Supreme Court of the United States

Cross-appeals are a unique area of Pennsylvania appellate practice, both in terms of how they proceed under the rules and the practical aspects of drafting briefs and organizing the reproduced record. Pa. R.A.P. 2136 covers Read More

We frequently receive questions from attorneys and their staff regarding procedural requirements for motion practice at the Fourth Department. This will be a two-part blog that will review the general requirements of motion Read More

Effective January 19, 2016, the Court of Appeal for the Sixth Appellate District requires all filings in that Court to be made through the Court’s electronic filing system (EFS) via the TrueFiling system. The requirements app Read More

A proposal before the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, the standing committee for the Judicial Conference, would reduce the word count for principal briefs in the Federal Courts of Appeal from 14,000 words to 13, Read More

Ironically, as electronic filing and service become more and more common in the courts within New York, a recent amendment to the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) addressed the situation of when hard copies of papers are m Read More

The NYS Department of Law, Real Estate Finance Bureau has revised their rules and regulations to require sponsors of cooperative interest in realty to submit their Offering Plans, Amendments, Exhibits and backup documents in Read More