The Ninth Circuit gets more requests to appeal class-certification decisions under Rule 23(f) than any other court. How do those requests fare? We take a look below, drawing from this invaluable nationwide study by...more
In a recent post, we took a look at data on rehearing petitions—specifically, the timing of calls for responses (CFRs). Today, we dig further into that data to see if we can identify judges whose panels CFR more often. As...more
You’ve lost your case before a Federal Circuit panel and you file a rehearing petition. When can you expect good news (or at least some news…)?
Timing of rehearing decisions -
For a rehearing petitioner, the threshold...more
Apparently it’s a myth that Thanksgiving turkey makes you sleepy. We beg to differ, judging from how much time it took us to shake off the food coma. The Federal Circuit seemingly was in the same boat: It had a slow...more
Before October is out the door, we wanted to take a moment to review the Federal Circuit’s sitting earlier this month.
Looking at statistics from the October sitting, the same two things we noticed last month stood out to...more