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Jay O’Keeffe has written a nice article about appellate brief writing on DeNovo:  A Virginia Appellate Law Blog.  The article is titled " 10 Ways to Ruin a Perfectly Good Brief."   Here is an excerpt: 1. Take shortcuts. Here’s how you write a brief: brainstorm, research, brainstorm, outline, draft, revise,…

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has fined a lawyer $100 for providing an improper citation to a court case.  The fine was imposed in a footnote in 2008 unpublished opinion, Espitia v. Fouche.  Here is the footnote: Counsel for Espitia cites to an unpublished case assertedly upholding a stipulated damages clause due to…