I saw on the Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog that the Supreme Court adopted an amended FRAP 3 last week.
The new amendment is focused on getting rid of some pitfalls in the previous procedure for filing a notice of appeal.
The old rule required a party to file a notice of appeal identifying the "judgment, order, or part thereof" that it is appealing. As explained in the comments to the amendment (embedded below), some courts interpreted that language strictly to hold that a party who named a specific order waived their right to otherwise appeal the judgment:
Whether due to misunderstanding or a misguided attempt …
