CAFC Ends Panel Composition Notices

For several months, the Court had posted panel composition for Court Week the previous Thursday. According to an unconfirmed note from Hall Wegner, the Federal Circuit no longer gives an at least 96 hour warning on panel composition prior to each oral hearing. "The change will have no major impact on the work of the Court nor on pre-hearing settlements because the notification comes too late in the process, after almost all the fees for the appeal have been generated," writes Hal.