A Texas Legislative Postmortem | Jerry Bullard | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
The term “interpanel accord” has increased importance in Virginia civil state court practice after the General Assembly recently expanded the size and scope of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. More information about the...more
What began in 2019 as part of a major overhaul of the Florida court system will come to a completion on January 1, 2023, with two significant changes coming to Florida courts...more
The legal aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic will be surfacing for years to come. But for those waiting for pendent-appellate jurisdiction and Rule 54(b) sightings, a recent Court of Appeal opinion combines appellate...more
- Learn about the significant changes that will enable almost all litigants to have a right to appeal to the Court of Appeals of Virginia - Become aware of pitfalls at trial that could hurt your chances on appeal -...more
Virginia appellate jurisdiction experienced a seismic transformation beginning on January 1, 2022. As of this date, the jurisdiction of the Virginia Court of Appeals has drastically expanded to include an appeal of right for...more
This week, Todd Smith and Jody Sanders welcome back Jerry Bullard, an attorney at Adams, Lynch & Loftin, PC, for a rundown on new statutes from the Texas Legislature’s regular and special sessions that affect trial and...more
In its last session, the Florida Legislature passed a law that changes the appellate jurisdiction of Florida’s circuit courts and District Courts of Appeal for certain types of cases. Codified here, the new rule went into...more
Effective January 1, 2021, circuit courts will no longer have jurisdiction over civil and criminal appeals from county courts. On June 20, 2020, Governor DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 1392, which, among other things,...more
Can a party “manufacture” appellate jurisdiction for an otherwise interlocutory appeal through the voluntary dismissal of remaining claims? That question was generally answered in the negative by the Supreme Court in 2017 in...more