Electronic filing comes with new rules and new pitfalls. Appellate courts zealously guard appellate deadlines, and it is up ...

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday paused a California law set to take effect in January requiring large companies to report ...

This may be a bit of a “law geek” admission, but whenever I know I’ll be driving alone for at least thirty minutes, I make a habit of listening to Supreme Court arguments. Now that the Court posts ...

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday halted a California law requiring companies to disclose the risks that climate change ...

In civil litigation, the trial court’s judgment is often not the last word. If you lose at that the trial court, you may still have a chance to prevail if you can convince the appellate court that the ...

This article explains that since 1985, appeals as of right to the New York Court of Appeals require a final, legal dissent in favor of the appellant. In 2024, only 7% of appeals were based on such ...

New York appointed Justices Timothy Driscoll and Maureen Liccione to key appellate posts that will shape how everyday disputes are decided.

Why did you decide to enter law after receiving a degree in neuroscience? In college, I opted for neuroscience on the advice of a school counselor who thought freshmen “ought to take what they’d enjoy ...

Federal officers remove handcuffs from men before releasing them through a gate on the San Diego side of a the border with Tijuana, Mexico, on March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) (CN) — Iowa may ...