Tuesday, April 01, 2014

The Chief issues a memo

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In case you didn't see it, here is Chief Judge Moreno's memo to the bar of the SDFLA: To: Members of the Southern District of Florid...
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Monday, March 31, 2014

Senate Judiciary Hearing tomorrow at 10am for Bloom & Gayles

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Judicial Nominations Full Committee Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Dirksen 226 Agenda Beth Bloom , to be United...
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Mutual Benefits Joel Steinger pleads guilty

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This was going to be a very long trial with lots of hurdles including a defendant who would have needed lots of medical attention during tri...
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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Should prosecutors be able to use rap lyrics as evidence?

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That's the question posed by the front page of the NY Times today : No suspects. No sign of the gun used to shoot the men. No witness...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Sen. Rubio issues blue slip for Judge Gayles

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Via the Huffington Post (ht Glenn Sugameli): WASHINGTON -- Florida judicial nominee Darrin Gayles just inched a little closer to becoming...
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Tuesday's news and notes

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1.  Bryan Garner has a list of words you should not use in legal writing.  Here are a few from the article : and/or Is it a word? Is it ...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Hobby Lobby case heard today, during Spring Break

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While most of Miami is skiing in Colorado, the High Court is hearing an important case. From the LA Times :  A challenge to part of Pr...
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Friday, March 21, 2014

"[T]his case shows every sign of being an overzealous prosecution for a technical violation of a criminal regulatory statute -- the kind of rigid and severe exercise of law-enforcement discretion that would make Inspector Javert proud."

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That's from the dissent of a criminal case in the 7th Circuit, which voted to uphold the criminal conviction.  Weird.  Here's the en...
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