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It has been a little while since we took a look at
what—from a statistics standpoint—went down at recent
oral arguments (see last post here). Since the Federal Circuit went remote,
there was an initial wave of a high percentage of appeals that
would have gotten oral argument pre-pandemic that were decided on
the briefs instead—with several sessions having a 40% or more
cancellation rate for cases originally scheduled for argument. As
we've now eclipsed the one year mark since telephonic arguments