{"id":6571,"date":"2016-11-12T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T23:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=6571"},"modified":"2016-11-12T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T23:11:18","slug":"a-slice-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/11\/12\/a-slice-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Slice Of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

A slice of someone else’s life often fascinates me, especially if it’s out of my experience – even if it’s probably excruciatingly dull. Here’s Aaron Nielson writing at Notice & Comment<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0“A Blog from the Yale Journal on Regulation and the ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice<\/em>“:<\/p>\n

… did you know that the word limit for briefs filed in the D.C. Circuit (unlike some other courts) is changing? It\u2019s true: \u201cOn December 1, 2016, several amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure will go into effect. \u2026 Among the amendments are provisions that revise the word limitations for briefs; establish word limitations for other documents produced using a computer and require a certificate of compliance for such documents; and eliminate the 3-day grace period for responding to documents served electronically.\u201d Going forward, the length limit will be 13,000 words for a principal brief and 6,500 words for a reply brief; previously, it was 14,000 and 7,000 words, respectively. Earlier this month, the D.C. Circuit formally announced how it will implement these changes.<\/p>\n

Why am I writing about this of all things? Well, for three reasons. First, because lawyers should know about the change; I like to help spread the news, and with all the election talk, maybe this latest bit of news has been overlooked. Second, because I think that this word reduction is a bad move. I\u2019ve both litigated in the D.C. Circuit and clerked there, and the cases can be quite complicated. Sometimes \u2014 especially in complex cases, and especially because it is hard to know ex ante what will persuade all judges \u2014 words are already tight as it is. And third, because doing so hopefully illustrates a point: There is more to life than politics. Why not pause for a moment, take a deep breath, think about appellate word limits, and enjoy the weekend? There will be plenty of time next week to contemplate the implications of the election. But as far as I can see, everyone \u2014 those who oppose the new administration and those who support it alike \u2014 would do well to slow down and think about something else, at least for a few days. And appellate word limits are something else!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Word limitations for briefs is not politics.<\/p>\n

Draw your own lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A slice of someone else’s life often fascinates me, especially if it’s out of my experience – even if it’s probably excruciatingly dull. Here’s Aaron Nielson writing at Notice & Comment,\u00a0“A Blog from the Yale Journal on Regulation and the ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice“: … did \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6572,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6571\/revisions\/6572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}