Before you leave for the weekend, you should know:
So Jeff Goldblum didn't die (neither did Harrison Ford).
UBS clients are starting to plead.
"Justice Antonin Scalia [is] the Confrontation Clause’s most devoted defender on the Court." (via ScotusBlog).
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
SCALIA.
Rumpole, check out the 2 criminal law opinions this morning. Justice Scalia wrote a 5-4 opinion (Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts) in favor of a criminal defendant on a confrontation clause issue and in another case (Safford v. Redding), joined Justice Souter's opinion in favor of a high school student challenging a strip search on Fourth Amendment grounds. More to follow...
(Still waiting on my $100).
(Still waiting on my $100).
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
To Blackberry...
...or not to Blackberry; that is the question.
Other questions of the today:
1) Isn't it time for someone to figure out who Rumpole is? (I think he's given us a hint with this picture -- it's taken from Datran, no?)
9) If you got these tattoos, you would lie too, wouldn't you?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
It's a special guest appearance by...
Vanessa Blum! In a "special to the Review," she covers the White & Case scandal:
Ten years ago, it would have been the stuff of law firm gossip. But in the age of e-mail, blogs and text messaging, the story of a messy affair between a Miami corporate attorney and a married mother of four has spiraled into a much bigger headache for the century-old law firm White & Case. First came mass e-mails from the woman’s husband detailing liaisons between his wife and an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Then the lurid e-mails landed on a popular legal blog where more than 100,000 people have viewed them. The associate’s name is not being published by the Daily Business Review. He did not respond to a phone message by deadline Monday or an e-mail sent Friday to his law firm address. A home phone number listed in the blog material for the associate is not accepting incoming calls, and a cell number reaches a recording saying it is not a working number.
We're happy to see Vanessa back and covering South Florida. She now is the second most famous guest star, after Heather Locklear from Melrose place.
Ten years ago, it would have been the stuff of law firm gossip. But in the age of e-mail, blogs and text messaging, the story of a messy affair between a Miami corporate attorney and a married mother of four has spiraled into a much bigger headache for the century-old law firm White & Case. First came mass e-mails from the woman’s husband detailing liaisons between his wife and an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Then the lurid e-mails landed on a popular legal blog where more than 100,000 people have viewed them. The associate’s name is not being published by the Daily Business Review. He did not respond to a phone message by deadline Monday or an e-mail sent Friday to his law firm address. A home phone number listed in the blog material for the associate is not accepting incoming calls, and a cell number reaches a recording saying it is not a working number.
We're happy to see Vanessa back and covering South Florida. She now is the second most famous guest star, after Heather Locklear from Melrose place.
Monday, June 22, 2009
It's a bird, it's a plane, no... it's....
Mary K. Butler, a senior trial attorney with the Public Integrity Section who is now involved in the Mutual Benefits case that has been all secretive...
Jon Burstein from the Sun-Sentinel has more:
The U.S. Department of Justice has called on a tenacious veteran prosecutor to help handle a grand jury investigation into public corruption in Florida — a top-secret inquiry related to a Fort Lauderdale business that authorities suspect was a colossal fraud.Accusations against current and former public officials presented to the grand jury are so explosive that careers could be ruined if they are made public before the investigation is complete, a federal judge said this month.At least six past and present public officials have already been cleared of wrongdoing.The federal grand jury's existence came to light in April when U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan, rejecting a request from the Sun Sentinel, ruled he was going to keep about 30 court filings in a criminal case involving Mutual Benefits Corp. hidden from public view.
Here's more on Butler:
Butler's involvement is an indication the grand jury inquiry is an important and complex one. No stranger to high-profile prosecutions, she recently led the federal government's successful case against super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff for influence-peddling on Capitol Hill.Before going to Washington, Butler worked at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, where she won a reputation as a dogged, successful prosecutor with the public corruption section.Notably, she handled Operation Greenpalm, a 1996 bribery scandal that led to the criminal convictions of Miami's city manager, Cesar Odio, and Miami City Commissioner Miller Dawkins.
Jon Burstein from the Sun-Sentinel has more:
The U.S. Department of Justice has called on a tenacious veteran prosecutor to help handle a grand jury investigation into public corruption in Florida — a top-secret inquiry related to a Fort Lauderdale business that authorities suspect was a colossal fraud.Accusations against current and former public officials presented to the grand jury are so explosive that careers could be ruined if they are made public before the investigation is complete, a federal judge said this month.At least six past and present public officials have already been cleared of wrongdoing.The federal grand jury's existence came to light in April when U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan, rejecting a request from the Sun Sentinel, ruled he was going to keep about 30 court filings in a criminal case involving Mutual Benefits Corp. hidden from public view.
Here's more on Butler:
Butler's involvement is an indication the grand jury inquiry is an important and complex one. No stranger to high-profile prosecutions, she recently led the federal government's successful case against super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff for influence-peddling on Capitol Hill.Before going to Washington, Butler worked at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, where she won a reputation as a dogged, successful prosecutor with the public corruption section.Notably, she handled Operation Greenpalm, a 1996 bribery scandal that led to the criminal convictions of Miami's city manager, Cesar Odio, and Miami City Commissioner Miller Dawkins.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
It was the catfish with black pepper...
... that made me crash into the ditch on the way to court for a murder trial. I really wasn't drunk. I swear. Sorry Your Honor.
My other weekend reading included:
Poor Bernie.
In other UM news, Roy Firestone inspired the Marlins. (Or maybe it was Jim Leyritz who depressed the Yanks).
Maybe Bernie should get some help from this law student, who won $650K in a poker tourney.
This other lawyer wasn't so lucky.
Nor was Judge Kent, who was impeached.
This defendant didn't need to pay the jury to win, despite the juror's best efforts.
The Supreme Court is wrapping up. Here are the outstanding opinions, courtesy of ScotusBlog.
Okay, I'm out. Happy Father's Day ....
Oh, one last thing -- Thanks to the tipster who pointed out that the JNC updated the list of applicants to include Circuit Judge Peter Adrien for District Court Judge. Did they mistakenly leave him off the original list? Or did his application get in late? Or what happened here? Weird.
My other weekend reading included:
Poor Bernie.
In other UM news, Roy Firestone inspired the Marlins. (Or maybe it was Jim Leyritz who depressed the Yanks).
Maybe Bernie should get some help from this law student, who won $650K in a poker tourney.
This other lawyer wasn't so lucky.
Nor was Judge Kent, who was impeached.
This defendant didn't need to pay the jury to win, despite the juror's best efforts.
The Supreme Court is wrapping up. Here are the outstanding opinions, courtesy of ScotusBlog.
Okay, I'm out. Happy Father's Day ....
Oh, one last thing -- Thanks to the tipster who pointed out that the JNC updated the list of applicants to include Circuit Judge Peter Adrien for District Court Judge. Did they mistakenly leave him off the original list? Or did his application get in late? Or what happened here? Weird.
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