Appellate

Appellate Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on appellate law. Coverage includes major cases in the federal courts of appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court, and state-level appeals courts, with a focus on petitions, briefs, oral arguments, decisions, and other major activity.



Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial today!



Latest News in Appellate

  • July 09, 2026

    4th Circ. Rebuffs Tax Attys' Request To Rethink Convictions

    The Fourth Circuit will not rethink its decision last month affirming the convictions of two St. Louis attorneys accused of engineering a $22 million tax avoidance scheme.

  • July 09, 2026

    NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

    The year's second quarter brought several notable banking law developments to New York, including a proposal to align state stablecoin rules with the federal Genius Act, fresh fair lending and cybersecurity guidance from state regulators, and a significant Second Circuit holding on preemption, say attorneys at Ashurst Perkins Coie.

  • July 09, 2026

    PacifiCorp Ruling Shows Limits Of Aggregate Wildfire Loss Models

    An Oregon appeals court's recent decision in James v. PacifiCorp illustrates that in litigation involving multiple wildfires, materially different causation theories, and evidence tied to particular fires and locations, a single undifferentiated damages model is vulnerable to attack, say Paige Van Oosten and Jason Kim at Hunton and Kevin Cahill at FTI Consulting.

  • July 08, 2026

    2nd Circ. Says Salvadoran Prison Conditions Were Overlooked

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday said an immigration judge failed to consider the possible abuse a man fighting deportation could face in El Salvadoran prisons because of inhumane conditions and human rights abuses.

  • July 08, 2026

    Conn. Justices Grant New Murder Trial Over Bad Jury Warning

    The Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a man convicted of shooting his friend in the head inside an abandoned warehouse deserves a new trial because a needed jury instruction wasn't given in his original trial.

See more Appellate news

Appellate

Areas of Coverage

  • LITIGATION
  • Petitions and notices of appeal in federal and state appeals courts
  • Appellant and opposition briefs
  • Solicitor general briefs
  • Oral arguments in appellate cases
  • Opinions handed down by appellate judges and panels
  • Bankruptcy appeals
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Federal and state regulation and legislation that affects appellate procedure
  • Legislative responses to or attempts to overturn appeals court decisions
  • PROFILES
  • Nominations and appointments of appellate judges and justices
  • Personnel moves

Readership

  • Appellate lawyers at top law firms
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
  • Attorney and law firm marketing professionals