Whether you can and should appeal an interlocutory decision is a question that arises often when, during the course of litigation, the trial court issues an order which, although not finally disposing of the case, has a separate basis for immediate appeal.
Read More »Briefly: When an attorney is a stranger in a strange land
Appearing in front of judges who are familiar, whom we have seen before, and about whom we generally have a sense is comforting. When you move to a new venue, it’s not quite as comfortable.
Read More »Briefly: Electing justice: Minimize politics in judge selection
With the current furor over the replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, here's one view on how we do things here in Minnesota regarding judicial selection and retention.
Read More »Briefly: There is a reason for all those pesky rules
We wrote last month about the basic rules of common sense and etiquette that govern oral argument.
Read More »Briefly: How much notice is enough?
Over the course of litigation, trial judges make dozens of rulings that affect a client’s case.
Read More »Briefly: A (new) legal citation to consider
What if we told you that there is a new parenthetical used in legal citations that is taking the appellate world by storm? Yes, it’s hard to believe that appellate lawyers are so easily impressed but some of us just are.
Read More »Briefly: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
There is research to support that gut feeling that the human mind and the human eye react differently to things on the screen and things on paper.
Read More »Electing justice: Judicial contests raise questions
I thought I would take a little detour this month and talk about something that, while related to appeals, comes at things from a slightly ...
Read More »Briefly: To moot or not to moot: What was the question?
I do a lot of moot courts. I do them in cases I am arguing, and I do them in cases that other lawyers are ...
Read More »Briefly: Line Dancing for Lawyers
There is no fixed measuring stick with “good” typography on one end and “bad” typography on the other end
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