Appellate Practice

Effective December 1, 2019, there will be a number of changes to FRAP to include the usual tweaks reflecting E-Filing and service realities as well as cleaning up rules that reference other rules with these substantial cha Read More

The New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department is expanding mandatory appellate electronic filing through the New York State Courts Electronic Filing (NYSCEF) system. Effective January 1, 2020, E-Fi Read More

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In the four departments of the Appellate Division, an out-of-state attorney may not argue an appeal or appear on a brief unless Read More

Over the course of my fifteen years as appellate counsel in the Pennsylvania office of Counsel Press, there have been extraordinary changes in the means by which briefs and reproduced records are filed with Pennsylvania ap Read More

Effective June 13, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has amended Local Rule 31.2(a)(2), which governs the time to file reply briefs. Under the adopted amendment, a reply brief must be filed wi Read More

The New York Appellate Division, Fourth Department is expanding the categories of appeals that will be subject to mandatory E-Filing. Effective October 1, 2019, electronic filing will become mandatory in all non-Family Co Read More