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Following the Fifth May 2026 Issue


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YLC Fifth Circuit Appellate Oral Advocacy Competition

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2025 Annual Appellate Advocacy Seminar

BAFFC Mourns the Passing of Longtime Board Member, Don Richard

It is with great sadness that BAFFC announces the passing of our friend and fellow Board member, Don Richard. Richard, a Charter Governor, served as the Treasurer since the Association’s founding in 1984 and has been a mainstay of the organization for the past forty years. We are thankful for his longstanding service, friendship, guidance and wisdom, always serving as a welcoming leader for the Board and Association in general. BAFFC board members will remember Richard as kind, gracious, a lovely person, a gentleman, and an integral part of the development and success of BAFFC. He will be greatly missed by the Fifth Circuit family.

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BAFFC is Celebrating 40 Years of Service!

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US v Akula: #5thCir affirms NOLA hospice-care physician's convictions/20-yr sentence for fraudulent #Medicare billing, discusses exclusion of #expertwitness, sufficiency of #evidence, above-#USSG sentence, $42M restitution #appellatetwitter #lawtwitter https://baffc.net/4vaZ6D2

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Lutheran Church v Christian: #5thCir reverses lack of diversity jurisdiction dismissal of church's suit for restoration of control of @Concordia: district court ruling violated church autonomy doctrine #concur #dissent #appellatetwitter #lawtwitter https://baffc.net/4dRLczI

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