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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, November 27, 2022

"Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud — which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud — states a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute."

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That's the question presented in Ciminelli v. United States , which SCOTUS will hear tomorrow morning. The government's use fraud st...
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Monday, November 21, 2022

Sorry for the slow blogging

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 Gonna take this week off. I hope all of you have the best Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for all of you and the great comments, tips, and r...
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Thursday, November 17, 2022

Crypto Lawsuit Names High Profile Defendants

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  By  John R. Byrne If you've been following the news, you know about the cryptocurrency collapse. Here comes the litigation. A plaintif...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Mar-a-lago special master/search case set for oral argument in 11th Circuit on November 22

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JUST IN: Appeals court scheules oral arguments in DOJ appeal of Judge Cannon's special master order from Nov. 22 -- in case anyone was n...
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Monday, November 14, 2022

"DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’"

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  That's the title of the AP's explosive report on DEA agents and federal prosecutors .  The article, by Jim Mustian and Joshua Good...
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Sunday, November 13, 2022

Chief Judge William Pryor addresses the Federalist Society

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He starts at the 24 minute mark here . Judge Pryor’s speech is getting a lot of press.   Here’s an example from Reuters : A prominent federa...
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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Sorry, Not Sorry, Sorry

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By Michael Caruso In the great Larry David movie “ Clear History ,” he plays a disgraced marketing executive who,  unsurprisingly, at variou...
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Judges still handing out jail sentences in Varsity Blues case even though they may very well get reversed

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Yesterday, a former Yale women's soccer coach got 5 months : Prosecutors said Meredith from 2015 and 2018 accepted $860,000 from Singer ...
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