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So why not raise a dead-loser issue on appeal? 9 Aug 2013 | 07:31 am
Only to avoid giving the court this impression of your position. Do not raise an issue that you know you will get killed on. Unless you want to look like this in front of the panel.
Appellate specialization in Louisiana: What you can do to help 25 Jul 2013 | 11:45 pm
Some colleagues of mine are working toward having appellate law recognized as specialized field by the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization. If that is something you’d like to see, you can help bri...
A useful CLE today at the La. 4th Circuit 24 Jul 2013 | 06:04 am
Today I attended an interesting one-hour CLE at the Louisiana Fourth Circuit. It was part of the New Orleans Bar Association’s Approach the Bench series. Judge Rosemary Ledet and Clerk of Court Daniel...
New and increased filing fees at the La. Supreme Court 5 Jul 2013 | 08:51 pm
Effective July 1, 2013, the Louisiana Supreme Court has increased some filing fees and instituted some new ones. For example, filing a writ application will now cost $323, and filing a reply in suppor...
Fax-filing emergency writ applications at the La. 1st Circuit 2 Jul 2013 | 09:28 pm
The Louisiana First Circuit has adopted a new local rule for fax-filing emergency writ applications, effective July 1, 2013. For a summary of the new rule, click here; for the full text of the new rul...
On the importance of sticking to your story 1 Jul 2013 | 07:37 am
I could justify this post by talking about preservation of error, or the importance of a consistent message. Then again, I could post this just because I like this song.
One (1) or more things not to do 20 Jun 2013 | 08:07 am
In footnote 1 of this opinion, Judge Alex Kozinski riffs on what does not help in brief writing: We do not (except in the caption) follow the appellant’s counsel’s interesting practice of writing the ...
La. Second and Third Circuit e-mail alerts 13 Jun 2013 | 04:05 am
In two prior posts, I shared how I monitor the doings at the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana First Circuit. Today we will look at the Second and Third Circuits. Like the Louisiana Supreme Co...
How to cite a multi-volume record 6 Jun 2013 | 06:10 am
Any citation should do two things: (1) Make it easy for the reader to locate whatever it is that you’re citing. (2) Be concise. With these goals in mind, this is how I cite a page in a multi-volume re...
Electronic notices from the Louisiana First Circuit 18 May 2013 | 01:32 am
This post is the second in a series on monitoring case developments in Louisiana appellate courts. Last Tuesday, we looked at the Louisiana Supreme Court. Today we look at the Louisiana First Circuit....
