Proposal to shorten federal appellate briefs

Now that we're all comfortable with briefs of 14K words ... there's a proposal to amend the FRAP to trim that down to 12,500. Apparently, the 14K number was based on a mistake! (The 1998 amendments assumed one page was about 280 words, but a study of old briefs shows that 250 words per page is more accurate...) Also, another proposal would do away with the extra 3-day rule, now that e-services is well-established. Another proposal would amend FRAP 29 to add rules for amicus briefs at the rehearing stage.
See here and provide your feedback by Feb. 17, 2015 here.

Less length; less time...