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McDermott Will & Emery

Fiesta’s Over for Trademark Claims Without Proof of Secondary Meaning

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found that it had jurisdiction despite an arguably improper notice of appeal, and that the trademark owner waived its right to submit new evidence and failed to prove that the...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

The Rules, They Are A Changin’: Recent Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Florida Rules of Judicial...

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Several significant amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration will take effect on January 1, 2019. These amendments were outlined in three recent Florida Supreme...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy Remoteness Going to a Court of Appeals (Progress Report No. 1)

Our February 22 post reported that the Franchise Services of North America, Inc. decision of Bankruptcy Judge Edward Ellington of the Southern District of Mississippi dismissing a Chapter 11 petition because a holder of...more

Carlton Fields

The Ins and Outs of Appellate Statements of Jurisdiction: How to Avoid Common Mistakes

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Though Statements of Jurisdiction may seem like a simple part of an appellate brief, parties often make mistakes in drafting jurisdictional statements. In fact, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

How To Order Your Arguments

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As a very general rule, arguments in a brief should appear in order of descending power or importance. A judge may stop reading on reaching a clearly winning argument or on deciding that the opening briefing is so weak as not...more

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