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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear IRP-IOT members,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On the last call, there was a question raised about page limits. We had some research done on this issue. Below is some information to help inform an IRP-IOT recommendation:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, California Rules of Civil Procedure, the ICC’s Arbitration Rules, and the ICDR Arbitration Rules do not have page limit guidance. As a result, we expanded
our search to include the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, the California Rules of Court, and the Central District of California’s Local Rules.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP)</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A principal brief may not exceed 30 pages unless it contains no more than 13,000 words; a reply brief may not exceed 15 pages unless it
contains no more than 6,500 words. (FRAP 32(a)(7))<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Amicus brief must not exceed 2,600 words (FRAP 29(a)(b)(4))<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">California Rules of Court (CRC)</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Civil Rules</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No opening or responding memorandum may exceed 15 pages, except in a summary judgment or summary adjudication motion. (CRC 3.1113(d))<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In a summary judgment or summary adjudication motion, no opening or responding memorandum may exceed 20 pages (CRC 3.1113(d))<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No reply or closing memorandum may exceed 10 pages (CRC 3.1113(d))<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Appellate Rules</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Briefs by parties and amicus curiae produced on a computer must not exceed 14,000 words, including footnotes. (CRC 8.204(c)(1))<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Briefs by parties and amicus curiae produced on a typewriter must not exceed 50 pages. (CRC 8.204(c)(2))<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A combined brief in an appeal must not exceed 28,000 words if produced on a computer or 100 pages if produced on a typewriter. (CRC 8.204(c)(5))<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A petition for rehearing or an answer to a petition for rehearing produced on a computer must not exceed 7,000 words, including footnotes. A petition or answer produced on a typewriter must not
exceed 25 pages. (CRC 8.204(c)(5))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Central District of California Local Rules:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No memorandum of points and authorities, pre-trial brief, trial brief, or post-trial brief shall exceed 25 pages, excluding indices and
exhibits, unless permitted by order of the judge. (L.R. 11-6)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Supplemental memorandum may not exceed five pages in length. (L.R. 37-2.3)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Liz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Associate General Counsel, ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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