Equitable distribution orders often direct the payment of money from one former spouse to the other. And normally money judgments are entirely enforceable during an appeal, unless the appellant gets a supersedeas bond. So you’d think that equitable distribution orders,
Most practitioners are likely happy to have limited familiarity with Rule 4(a)(6) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The Rule allows the district court, in its discretion, to reopen for 14 days a party’s time to file a notice
Judge Roger Gregory has completed his seven-year term as Chief Judge for the Fourth Circuit. Taking over as Chief is Judge Albert Diaz, who was on the North Carolina Business Court bench prior to being nominated and confirmed to the
Registration for AJEI’s 2023 Summit is now open. It will be held November 2-5 at the JW Marriott in the District of Columbia. Here’s a link: AJEI 2023 Summit Check it out.
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With little notice or fanfare, the latest North Carolina Senate budget bill stands poised to make a significant change in North Carolina appellate practice. Currently there are several routes to the Supreme Court of North Carolina, including direct appeal from
North Carolina recently lost another of its retired appellate judges. K. Edward Greene served on the Court of Appeals for sixteen years following eight years as a district court judge. After his retirement from the bench, he was practicing
As some of our readers may know, I write a monthly column for North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. The topics are what I’d call appellate-adjacent. But this month’s column is right in the wheelhouse of this blog’s readership.
I was privileged
When prospective Appellants face a deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal, it is imperative that they know how many days, and which days, to count.
Much ink has been spilled exploring the porous jurisdictional border between the trial division and the appellate division. A recent opinion from the Court of Appeals addresses this issue again.
State v. Johnson, No. COA22-363 (filed 18 April 2023),
As any parent knows, children say the darndest things. The other day, during bedtime, my three-year-old niece turned to her father unprompted and said, “I don’t want you to read me a story tonight. I want you to tell me
