Rule 1250.8 standardizes the form and content of briefs, including word limitations for computer-generated briefs (14,000 words for appellant’s and respondent’s briefs, and 7,000 words for reply and amicus curiae briefs). Where a conflict exists between Part 1250 and the local rules, the latter control. These rules have not achieved complete “uniformity,” however, since each Department has promulgated individual rules that supplement Part 1250. This month, we examine several major provisions of the new uniform rules, including electronic filing requirements, filing deadlines for appellate submissions, and motion practice. 17, 2018, and apply to (1) “all matters that are commenced in the Appellate Division, or in which a notice of appeal to the Appellate Division is filed, on or before the effective date,” and (2) all matters pending in the Appellate Division on the effective date, unless otherwise ordered by the court upon a showing that application of the new rules to a particular matter “would result in substantial prejudice to a party or would be manifestly unjust or impracticable under the circumstances.” See Joint Order of the Departments of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, dated June 29, 2018. On Jthe Presiding Justices of the Appellate Division promulgated statewide Practice Rules of the Appellate Division (22 NYCRR Part 1250).
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