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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, August 29, 2019

No news on the magistrate interviews yet

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I’m working on getting the list of 5 names being sent to the judges.  If you have a tip, please email me. In the meantime, if you’d like s...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

We're #5...

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... on this ranking for best places to practice law.  Number 1 is Illinois: Our top state for lawyers based on the six metrics we conside...
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Monday, August 26, 2019

Magistrate Judge Interviews this week

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The Magistrate Judge Selection Committee, headed by Jon Sale, will be conducting interviews Thursday of 13 candidates (two have withdrawn th...
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Thursday, August 22, 2019

"Sheesh."

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That's a sentence from this introductory paragraph by Judge Newsom : You can’t make this stuff up. We have hair-pulling, wrist-scratch...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Prosecutor’s use of an agent as an expert witness is plain error

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We’ve all been in trials where the government tries to use a case agent as an expert witness to testify as to why what the defendant was doi...
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Sunday, August 18, 2019

Judges hit "reply all" too

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The DC district court had a bit of a dust-up this week when an email war between judges went public.  From the Washington Post : A clash ...
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Thursday, August 15, 2019

Judge Rudy Ruiz investiture

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It was a really nice event to a packed house (including two overflow rooms) with heartfelt speeches from Justice Robert Luck, Judge Federico...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Raag Singhal officially nominated to the District Court

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Back in May, t he blog reported that state court judge Raag Singhal was being vetted for an open district court seat in the Southern Distri...
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