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Friday the Federal Circuit announced that it released new materials related to its investigation of Judge Newman. The materials include an order unanimously adopting a report and recommendation of the Special Committee of the Federal Circuit Judicial Council. Most notably, the order states that “Judge Newman shall not be permitted to hear or participate in any cases, at the panel or en banc level, for a period of one year beginning with the issuance of this Order, subject to consideration of renewal if Judge Newman’s refusal to cooperate continues after that time and to consideration of modification or rescission if justified by an end of the refusal to cooperate.” Here is the full text of Friday’s announcement with links to the released material.

Today the Federal Circuit issued a Notice of Proposed Amendments to the Federal Circuit Rules of Practice. The notice proposes to amend various Federal Circuit Rules of Practice, various Practice Notes, and certain aspects of the Federal Circuit Attorney Discipline Rules. Notably, the court proposes adding a practice note highlighting how it “prefers that reply briefs respond to the response brief rather than repeating what is in the principal brief” and “favors reply briefs that do not use the full word length when not necessary.” It also proposes adding a new requirement regarding the table of contents for appendices, requiring the table of contents to identify how the relevant document was designated in the reviewing tribunal (such as the docket or other record number). The court has made a redline available to study the proposed changes. Here is the full text of today’s announcement.

The Federal Circuit announced that the Clerk’s Office and Circuit Library will be closed today from 1:00 to 3:45 pm. Here is the full text of today’s announcement.

This morning the Federal Circuit announced that it has released materials in its investigation related to Judge Newman. Most notably, the materials include a report and recommendation of the special committee unanimously recommending “a further one-year sanction during which Judge Newman will not be permitted to hear cases at the panel or en banc level, subject to renewal if the refusal to cooperate found here continues after that time and subject to modification or rescission if Judge Newman alters her conduct and begins to cooperate with the Committee.” Here is the full text of today’s announcement with links to the released material.

Last week the Federal Circuit announced that it has released materials in its investigation related to Judge Newman. Here is the full text of last week’s announcement, with links to two recent orders of the Judicial Council.

This afternoon the Federal Circuit announced that it has scheduled hearings for its October 2024 session in the San Francisco area. Here is the full text of today’s announcement.

This morning the Federal Circuit announced that there would be extensive street closures and traffic next week near the National Courts Building, but that court week will proceed as scheduled. Here is the full text of today’s announcement.

This morning the Federal Circuit announced that Judge Richard Linn received the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award. Here is the full text of today’s announcement.

This morning the Federal Circuit announced that on Tuesday, May 14 its Clerk’s Office and Circuit Library will be closed. Here is the full text of the announcement.

This morning the Federal Circuit announced that tomorrow it will discontinue its online live chat feature on its public website. Here’s the full text of today’s announcement.