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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

Monday, April 30, 2007

Jimmy Johnson in Court...

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... for jury selection . Judge King cut him loose -- after figuring out who he was: A third fellow stepped forward and said his name was Jam...
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Back to work

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Sorry for the slowwww blogging, but I was at my ten year law school reunion in Boston this weekend. This guy seemed to get all the attentio...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Don't mess with Judge Cooke

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Apparently a reporter from CBS radio tried to bring in a transmitting device to the overflow media room in the Jose Padilla trial to broadca...
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"This strategy of ‘shaking down’ defendants with nightmarishly expensive litigation in pursuit of attorney fees must not be rewarded.”

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All sorts of fun stuff in the Review this morning, including an article about attorney's fees. That quote above is from Judge Moreno fr...
Monday, April 23, 2007

Posting Plea Agreements?

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I'm quoted in the DBR article this morning criticizing the new policy in this District of not making plea agreements available online. ...
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Dehumanization

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Prosecutors in every trial try to dehumanize "the defendant." And defense lawyers always try to humanize "Mr. Defendant....
Friday, April 20, 2007

No thanks

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As posted yesterday, Louis Robles was supposed to plead guilty this morning in front of Judge Gold. The parties had agreed to 10 years in p...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Pretty pleas(e)

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Lots of pleas being reported today. Former asbestos lawyer Louis Robles is taking ten years. And the Hollywood cops are pleading to a min/...
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