Generating HTML Tables

Online HTML generators can create a table which can be added to a web site. See Tables Generator. In the Table menu you can select a number of columns and rows, and a graphic of a table will be created. Data can be entered in the table directly.

Click 'Generate' and the correct HTML code will be created. This code can then be added to a web page as shown below.

HTML code is posted here, on the W3 Schools site which allows us to create a table with sortable columns. The Tip of the Night for January 15, 2018, shows that it's possible to create a table that sorts on one column by clicking a button. Click on the link, 'Try It Yourself' in the section entitled, "Sort Table by Clicking the Headers" to access HTML code that you can edit, and preview to create a table in which you can sort by each of the headings. Edit the values between the td> markers with those you want to add to your table.

The information in this table will be helpful when you're getting review binders ready for attorneys.

Note that in order for the numbers in the second column to sort correctly I had to enter each page total with the same number of digits.

The code can be easily edited to add additional columns.

Simply add another heading in the section with lines beginning '<th oneclick, but increase the sortTable value by one. E.g., "<th onclick="sortTable(2)">City</th>".

. . . and then add in additional <td> values below.

What is the Difference Between the Record on Appeal and an Appendix?

The terms, 'record on appeal' and 'appendix' are often used interchangeably to refer to court filings, produced documents, deposition transcripts, trial transcripts, and other documents which are filed with an appellate court along with an appellate brief.

The full record on appeal contains both the evidence used by a court of original jurisdiction to issue a decision, the briefs and supporting exhibits for the motion on which the lower court issued a decision, and the decision itself. The notice of appeal is also part of the record on appeal.

The New York Civil Practice Law and Rules define an appendix as, "only such parts of the record on appeal as are necessary to consider the questions involved, including those parts the appellant reasonably assumes will be relied upon by the respondent". N.Y. CPLR § 5528. So an appendix would be a more focused excerpt of the record on appeal.

In New York parties are also allowed to file a joint statement in lieu of the record in which they stipulate to certain facts. The First and Second Judicial Departments of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court also allow the original record to be used, in which case a bound record is not filed with the appellate court.

Rule 10 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure specifies that the record on appeal constitutes the original papers and exhibits filed with the district court; transcripts of proceedings; and a certified copy of docket entries. Rule 10 also gives the parties the option to file a statement of the case in place of the record on appeal. Rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure states that an appendix must contain:

(A) the relevant docket entries in the proceeding below;

(B) the relevant portions of the pleadings, charge, findings, or opinion;

(C) the judgment, order, or decision in question; and

(D) other parts of the record to which the parties wish to direct the court's attention.

Fed. R. App. P. 30(a)(1).

Briefs filed with the district court are not to be included. Parts of the record can be relied on even if they are not included in the appendix.

W.D. Wash. Reduces Fees for Block Billing and Redactions to Billing Descriptions

Last Thursday, Judge Thomas S. Zilly, issued a decision, Seattle Times Co. v. LeatherCare, Inc., No. C15-1901 TSZ, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33177 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 28, 2019), on a motion for attorneys' fees brought by Touchstone. Touchstone prevailed in its claim under the Washington Model Toxics Control Act and for breach of contract. The Act and the contract at issue included provisions allowing a prevailing party in a dispute to recover attorneys' fees and costs.

LeatherCare contended that Touchstone's motion was defective because in addition to failing to submit a proposed order and using a undisclosed expert, it relied on Excel spreadsheets rather than finalized invoices, and redacted the descriptions used in the invoices. Judge Zilly rejected the failure to submit actual invoices as a basis to deny the motion, but agreed , "that Touchstone's 'narrative' redactions impeded the opposing parties' abilities to understand what services had been provided and determine whether objections could be asserted as to the related requests for attorneys' fees." Id. at *4. He chose to disregard the amounts listed for entries with redactions. Fees listed for individuals' whose role at law firms were left unspecified were also denied.

The Court also reduced fees by 10% for block billing that prevented a determination of how much time was spent on particular activities. The fees for the services of one paralegal were reduced by only 10% in response to Touchstone's contention that they were clerical services that should not be recovered as attorney fees.