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The SDFLA Blog is dedicated to providing news and notes regarding federal practice in the Southern District of Florida. The New Times calls the blog "the definitive source on South Florida's federal court system." All tips on court happenings are welcome and will remain anonymous. Please email David Markus at dmarkus@markuslaw.com

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Sparring with Scalia

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One of my former (and one of my favorite) law professors, Arthur Miller, took a shot at Justice Scalia during an oral argument today and Sca...
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Monday, March 26, 2007

Cert granted

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The United States Supreme Court has taken a case from the Southern District of Florida, U.S. v. Williams , a case about the constitutionalit...

"Miami’s Acosta dragged into political spotlight"

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That was the headline in today's DBR regarding the motion to reduce Jack Abramoff's sentence. Apparently, there has been criticism...
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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Weekend reading

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For those of you who missed the SDFLA stories this weekend because you were too busy watching hoops or eating elephant ears at the Youth Fai...
Thursday, March 22, 2007

The "light disguise" trend

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After asking for its witnesses to testify in "light disguise" in the Ze'ev Rosenstein case(coverage here , here and here ), ...

Jack Abramoff's sentence to be reduced

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No surprise here -- the Government has filed a motion to reduce Jack Abramoff's sentence pursuant to Rule 35 based on his "substan...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

"Federal prosecutors get OK to seek death penalty for man accused of murdering deputy"

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That was the headline in yesterday's Sun-Sentinel : "The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal filed by murder suspect...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Fixed!

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The 11 th Circuit reissued Thompson v. United States today, clearing up the name mess that I discussed here and here . It inserted the ot...
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