Today's appellate tidbits

 Law360 has some articles of appellate note today:

Inventor Urges High Court To Look At Fed. Circ. 1-Line Orders -- Rule 36 "affirmations don't say anything" and are "somewhat dreaded by litigants who appeal cases" in the Federal Circuit.

NY Court Reduces Trump's Bond For $465M Fraud Judgment -- A New York appellate panel said Monday that Donald Trump can pause the state attorney general's $465 million civil fraud judgment by posting just $175 million while he appeals, after the former president complained that he was unable to secure a bond for the entire amount.

Ill. Judges End Diversity Rules That Drew Conservative Ire -- The Seventh Circuit's chief judge has resolved judicial misconduct complaints targeting allegedly discriminatory standing orders by some Illinois federal judges encouraging younger, female and minority attorneys to handle oral arguments, after two of the judges rescinded their policies in response to the complaints.

All three judges have rescinded their preferential treatment orders and revised their case-management procedures, which now simply state that the judges "welcome" or "encourage" oral argument by "relatively inexperienced attorneys," according to Judge Sykes, who says she met with all three judges personally and invited them to respond.