Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 18, 2009
Slow Pace of Federal Courts Has Companies and Their Lawyers Fuming
Attorney David R. Singer, an entertainment and media litigation partner in Hogan & Hartson's Los Angeles office, said delays in federal court are worse than state courts. Federal judges "can send you a notice that they will take the matter under submission,” he said. “Then they’re not under the gun.”
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer Federal judges with lifetime appointments are under no real pressure to make speedy decisions in civil cases. But for commercial litigators and their clients, time is money. So it's not surprising that delay in decision-making was the chief complaint of lawyers surveyed at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' annual judicial conference last month in Monterey. Litigation costs can skyrocke...
Daily Journal Staff Writer Federal judges with lifetime appointments are under no real pressure to make speedy decisions in civil cases. But for commercial litigators and their clients, time is money. So it's not surprising that delay in decision-making was the chief complaint of lawyers surveyed at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' annual judicial conference last month in Monterey. Litigation costs can skyrocke...
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