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 ...