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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

Sunday, October 31, 2021

There's a new guideline manual!

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  We haven't had a new one since the red 2018 version because we haven't had enough Sentencing Commissioners.  Now we have the blue ...
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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Big ABA White Collar Conference in Miami

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 The annual White Collar Conference is back on after the COVID pause.  It's being held at the Miami Hyatt.  Typically 1,500 lawyers desc...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Sentencing Commission trying to pull a fast one on district judges

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 This is crazy.  The Sentencing Commission released a sentencing tool called JSIN so that judges can see average sentences before making a d...
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Sunday, October 24, 2021

Supreme Court new argument style

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 The Supreme Court has a new argument format, as detailed in this Court guide to oral advocates on page 7.  Jonathan Adler explains it here...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

Shame on you prosecutors. Shame.

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 Prosecutors were very bad in a recent trial before Judge Cooke. So bad, the 11th Circuit called them out : More broadly, however, I feel co...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

11th Circuit changes font and format of its opinions

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 You thought we only covered the bickering amongst our district judges?  No, dear readers! We also break the important news in the 11th Circ...
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Monday, October 18, 2021

Breaking -- Ryon McCabe is your new Magistrate Judge

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  It looks like the judges worked through their deadlock ... by turning to the AO's published guidance which permits for a revote and if...
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Sunday, October 17, 2021

RIP Shirley Henderson

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 She covered all of the big trials in Miami back in the day.  The Miami Herald has the obit here . She once said the cast of characters she ...
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