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Yesterday the Federal Circuit announced a modification to the court’s Internal Operating Procedure. Here is a markup showing how the court changed responsibilities for post-calendar motions:

The action chambers on a post-calendar motion shall be that of the judge who has been assigned the responsibility of authoring, or who has authored the opinion. If a post-calendar motion requires action before hearing, the presiding judge of the merits panel will preassign the opinion-authoring responsibility, subject to reassignment after the hearing if necessary. The authoringAs a general matter, the action judge will decide whether to act alone on a motion or to obtain the views of procedural motions but must notify the other merits panel members (in conference or byof any such ruling. Procedural motions include motions for extensions of time, withdrawal of counsel, and acceptance of papers lacking proper form and content. These motions do not include motions to add counsel which require a vote sheet).of all panel members.

Here is the full text of the announcement.

This afternoon, the Federal Circuit announced that it will hear arguments this August. Here is the full text of the announcement.

This afternoon the Federal Circuit announced that Judge Bryson received the 2026 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Federal Circuit. Here is the full text of the announcement.

Yesterday the Federal Circuit announced it will open its doors on July 3 to the public for tours, mock trials, and opportunities to speak with federal judges. Here is the full text of the announcement.

Yesterday the Federal Circuit announced that the court has updated its sessions calendars. Here is the full text of the announcement.

This morning, the Federal Circuit announced that it will close at 2:00 p.m. Eastern today due to inclement weather. Here is the full text of the announcement.

This morning, the Federal Circuit announced temporary inaccessibility of the courthouse to the public due to an incident in the vicinity of the National Courts Building. Shortly later, the court announced that access to the National Courts Building was restored. Here is the full text of the two announcements.

This evening the Federal Circuit announced the court will open two hours late tomorrow, February 23. Here is the full text of the announcement.

On Sunday, the Federal Circuit announced that it will remain open for business during the current lapse in federal appropriations, and that all scheduled arguments will proceed as scheduled. Here is the text to the full announcement along with a link to the court’s related order.

Yesterday, the Federal Circuit announced that it would be closed to the public today, January 27, due to the inclement weather. All electronic filing deadlines will remain in effect, and paper filings due January 26 or January 27, 2026 will be deemed as timely if received by the next day the court is open to the public. Here is the full text of the announcement.