Thursday, April 03, 2025

"I helped defend Reagan’s would-be assassin. Law firms that fear Trump, take note."

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  That's the title of Greg Craig's op-ed in the WaPo .  Here's a piece:  On March 30, 1981, I was a young partner at the law fir...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Congrats!!

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First, to Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga and Judge Miguel de la O : The Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism and the Standing Committee o...
Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Jewish American Heritage Month Celebration is scheduled for May 8

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 You are cordially invited to attend the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida’s 2025 Jewish American Heritage M...
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Sunday, March 30, 2025

News & Notes

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1. Justice Sotomayor speaks out. Via NY Times : “Judicial independence is critical to everyone’s freedom, because arbitrary power is just t...
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Friday, March 28, 2025

FBA Goes to Washington

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 By John R. Byrne Yesterday, members of our local chapter of the Federal Bar Association—myself included—hit Capitol Hill in D.C. to encoura...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

"Blindfolded Juries, Coerced Convictions: Why Prosecutors Often Win Before Trials Even Begin"

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 That's the title of this new Clark Neily article , which is worth a read and starts this way: The Bill of Rights dedicates more words t...
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Monday, March 24, 2025

Bet the law-firm time

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You all know the story. Trump has issued executive orders against Perkins Coie and Paul Weiss. Perkins has decided to fight. Paul Weiss h...
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Friday, March 21, 2025

Chief Judge Pryor Issues Order on Misconduct Complaint

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By John R. Byrne There’s been a trend in multidistrict and class action litigation of federal district judges expressly seeking diversity in...
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