Appellate Practice
Feb. 27, 2009
E-Notice Something?
Is e-mail really "mail" for the purposes of appellate filings? The courts are still sorting it out.





Benjamin G. Shatz
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Appellate Law (Certified), Litigation
Email: bshatz@manatt.com
Benjamin is a certified specialist in appellate law who co-chairs the Appellate Practice Group at Manatt in the firm's Los Angeles office. Exceptionally Appealing appears the first Tuesday of the month.
It's the year 2009. The 21st century has begun in earnest, and the technological advances promised by futurists and science fiction writers have arrived, haven't they? Children have cell phones and cars have voice-activated navigation systems. No one can escape the march of progress, even time-honored professions inherently resistant to change, like the practice of law. Today's lawyers simply cannot function without computers, Internet access, e-mail and electronic documents. The federal j...
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