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Current Developments in Federal Appellate PracticeBy Susan M. Freeman of Lewis and Roca LLPThe circuit courts of appeals are meeting the burden of increasing workloads with procedures and local rules that take advantage of the Internet and other computer technology. They vary in their approaches to the availability of unpublished case law resulting from that technology. They also attempt to address their burdensome caseloads - and the hardship caused to the bar and public - through various settlement and mediation alternatives and through publicly available information on the delay inherent in the appellate process.
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