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# Rules of Practice Amendments 2016

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****Amendment Notices

                              -  The Federal Circuit has revised its local rules and hereby provides those revisions along with amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP).  Those rules, which are applicable to cases docketed on or after December 1, 2016, are available on the court’s website.  The principal local rule revisions are in response to FRAP amendments that now measure most document lengths in terms of word counts instead of page counts and which revise some maximum permissible word counts.  The court has revised its rules to indicate maximum permissible word counts for documents such as motions, petitions, and briefs, Leaving unchanged, however, those provisions permitting pro se petitioners to continue to adhere to page count limits.  The Federal Circuit has adopted the FRAP amendments in large part, except that the court retained the previous larger 14,000-14,000-7,000 word lengths for merits briefing.  When filing a particular document, please refer to the pertinent FRAP provision and the local rule to determine the maximum permissible document length.  When a local rule differs from the FRAP provision, the inapplicable language in the FRAP provision will be indicated in strikethrough text.  When a rule requires that a document not exceed a certain word count length, counsel should indicate by certification at the end of the document that the document complies with the word limit (similar to the certification required for briefs).  [December 1, 2016] 
                              - The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has amended the Federal Circuit Rules of Practice.  The new rules are available here including a summary of changes.  The amendments are extensive and include incorporating the terms of the Administrative Order Regarding Electronic Case Filing dated May 17, 2012; revising the requirements for confidential markings; as well as other updates, conforming changes and editorial corrections throughout.  The revised rules are effective and shall apply to all appeals docketed on or after Friday, April 1, 2016.  The notice version of the Rules of Practice 2016 will soon be replaced by a new web-structure version with enhanced electronic functionality.  [March 29, 2016]
                              - The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has amended Attorney Discipline Rule 8 to provide an option for a hearing at the discretion of the court in reciprocal discipline cases.  [February 1, 2016]

****Amendment Materials

                              - Revisions to the Federal Circuit Rules [December 2016] (pdf)
                              - Summary of Amendments to the Federal Circuit Rules [March 2016] (pdf)
                              - Revision to Federal Circuit Attorney Discipline Rule 8 [February 2016] (pdf)

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Published 03/01/2024-21:00:08 (UTC) by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.