Prudent Practitioners Prune Points on Appeal

The point has often been made, including here and here, that appellants’ briefs are best off if they focus on the few best arguments available, rather than raising every conceivable argument in the hope that something will bring reversal.  Now, the Seventh Circuit has expressly endorsed that idea in its decision in Pierce v. Visteon […]

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