Fun with Fonts

Law360 has Spencer Short's article What The Judiciary's Font Recommendations Can Teach Us discussing circuit splits regarding font use.

Today's DJ has Retired Justice Tricia Bigelow Joints Signature Resolution -- "In Bigelow’s 35-year legal career, she has written three books on California law and procedure and chaired the Los Angeles County Superior Court Civil Education Committee."

The Volokh Conspiracy has Are There Too Many Dissents from Denial of En Banc Petitions?

In the Man Bites Dog file: We're used to seeing appellate opinions slam pro pers (e.g., here, and inexperienced or sloppy lawyers) by calling out briefing flaws, especially along the lines of "An appellant's brief must include a 'summary of the significant facts.'" But in this unpub from 2/6 here, the appellant getting chided (in footnote 2) about basic appellate rules is ... the Department of the California Highway Patrol, represented by the Attorney General's office! Playing on the CHP's role as guardians of the road, in calling out the State for its defective appellate approach, the court notes "We cannot abide such a detour from appellate practice." And the court notes that given the problem, "the State's appeal is 'doomed to fail.'" (cleaned up).