To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: 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 began, we thought we should look at how the most recent calendars have looked as far as cancelled arguments since the January session (which had 45% of arguments cancelled).