Fifth Circuit Local Rules Changes Effective December 1, 2007

The Fifth Circuit has helpfully provided this summary of Local Rules changes that took effect on December 1st. Those changes include:

• elimination of the Rule 28.2 provisions concerning the "Summary of Argument," "Statement of Jurisdiction," and "Standard of Review;"
• amendment of Rule 30.1.2 to require filing of an electronic copy of the record exceprts (in PDF format), in addition to the paper copies;
• permitting counsel to file the electronic copies of briefs and record excepts on a CD instead of a diskette; and
• lowering the maximum taxable cost for reproduction of briefs, appendices, and record excerpts to 15 cents per page.