The Supreme Court announced amendments to Court Rules and appendices, as well as certain other procedural changes. That announcement is embodied in an Omnibus Rule Amendment Order that is available here....

In re Opinion No. 735 of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, ___ N.J. ___ (2025). [Disclosure: I represented an amicus curiae in this appeal]. As Justice Noriega said in his opinion for a 5-1 majority (Justice Pierre-Louis did not participate), this appeal "presents the narrow question of whether it is permissible under the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) for an attorney or law firm to purchase a competing attorney's or law firm's name as a keyword." The Court found it permissible, with a caveat. Justice Fasciale dissented....

Judge Jose Fuentes has often been willing to share his views about what is and is not good appellate practice. Examples of that were discussed here and here. At last...

I have an oral argument coming up in the Colorado Court of Appeals, the intermediate state appellate court there. That court offers some helpful tips about oral argument, under the...

Last night's meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Appellate Practice Committee featured Judge Fisher. He took questions and discussed various issues of practice and the preferences of Appellate...