Friday, July 30, 2010

Trustees behaving badly

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It hasn't been a good run for receivers and trustees in the Southern District of Florida lately.  John Pacenti covers the latest abuse o...
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"Miami also has a great NBA basketball team, right?"

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That was the chief of the multidistrict panel, U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II of Kentucky, after Ervin Gonzalez was pushing for the ...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

255 pages of en banc fun

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The 11th Circuit issued United States v. Irey today, with 255 pages of opinions, which are a must read for any criminal practitioner in thi...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Obama finally starts to push federal judge confirmations...

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... at least a little bit.  According the BLT : President Barack Obama called on the Senate today to vote on long-stalled nominees for the...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Rothstein feeder to pay $830 million

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The Sun-Sentinel has more here : The Fort Lauderdale hedge fund manager who was the largest feeder to Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein has ag...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Shocker

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The front page of today's New York Times says that after John Roberts and Sam Alito were appointed, the Supreme Court shifted more to th...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Friday slog (UPDATED with Lew Freeman's sentence)

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Some quick news items while you try to stay dry: 1.  Darth Vader attempt to rob bank. (via NY Daily News ).  2.  Lew Freeman to be sentenc...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

White House nominates Kathy Williams

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Finally!  Such good news for Kathy and for the District.  From the White House press release: Today, President Obama nominated Judge Charle...