You want judges to read your brief with care, but if it is hard on the eye or jarring to the internal ear, the judges are likely to skim it in frustration and move on to something else. Here are some simple rules to make your brief a pleasure to read: ∙ Avoid full justification. Although your left margin should be aligned, the right margin should not. Otherwise, the spaces between words will be wider in some lines and narrower in others. Wide spaces accelerate the reader’s in

On September 19, 2017, in American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit annulled a San Francisco ordinance requiring advertisements for certain beverages sweetened with sugar to include large boxes stating: WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. This is a message from the City and County of San Francisco. A critical part of court’s reasonin