CSBA--Court Surety Bond Agency has posted Appeal Bonds in a World of Nuclear Verdicts and Higher Interest Rates
Bloomberg Law has Judiciary Panel Debates Easing Bar Admissions at Appeals Courts
Federal judges warned that a proposal to streamline bar admissions rules across the appeals courts could make it harder to discipline attorneys, though lawyers raised concerns that some circuit requirements can burden nonprofits and firms.
The debate over the proposal came during a Wednesday meeting in Washington of the Judicial Conference’s advisory committee on appellate rules, which considers potential changes to rules governing the federal appeals courts.
It stemmed from a request by the National Women’s Law Center, a nonprofit that advocates for gender equality, for the committee to consider making bar admissions rules more uniform across the circuits. Disparate rules have left the nonprofit “scrambling” to call clerk’s offices to clarify procedures to list attorneys on amicus briefs, according to the nonprofit’s proposal.