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Upon Further Review

Howard Bashman Howard Bashman. Courtesy photo

Beware of appellate courts seeking to improve lawyers' work-life balance. On Tuesday, Jan. 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced that it was seeking public comment on a proposed change to its local rules of appellate procedure that would move the current deadline for electronic filing from its current nationwide default of 11:59:59 p.m. to 5 p.m. eastern time. The proposed rule change caused an immediate uproar in the appellate legal community.