There's a new legal gossip blog out there -- Above the law -- written by David Lat, the original anonymous blogger (apologies to Rumpole -- Miami's anonymous legal blogger).
Lat plans on doing all kinds of funny stuff. Here's a good example: "Lawyer of the Day" -- showing the court proceeding of a defense lawyer who shows up drunk to court. You can watch the video below:
Drunk Vegas Lawyer causes mistrial Part 2!
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 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Judging the judges
There's a new website out there, The Robing Room, which is rating the federal judges. Here's the Southern District page. Go vote.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
News and Notes
The weekend is almost over... some news and notes to begin the week while we wait to see what Ernesto is going to do.
1. The Padilla prosecutors have filed a motion to reconsider with Judge Cooke, asking the judge to reverse herself on the dismissal of count I and on the decision to force the government to elect on count II. Initial coverage of the order here. Nine times out of ten, these sorts of motions are denied. Still no notice of appeal filed.
2. Julie Kay has a very negative article coming out on Monday about how Judge Highsmith handled a situation in which one of his employee's daughters was (apparently) being scammed by some downtown store. It's very difficult to figure out from the article exactly what happened to the daughter, but it's hard to really blame Judge Highsmith for trying to help her if he thought she was really in danger. Still, Professor Jarvis -- without knowing the facts -- jumps all over the Judge and the Marshal.
1. The Padilla prosecutors have filed a motion to reconsider with Judge Cooke, asking the judge to reverse herself on the dismissal of count I and on the decision to force the government to elect on count II. Initial coverage of the order here. Nine times out of ten, these sorts of motions are denied. Still no notice of appeal filed.
2. Julie Kay has a very negative article coming out on Monday about how Judge Highsmith handled a situation in which one of his employee's daughters was (apparently) being scammed by some downtown store. It's very difficult to figure out from the article exactly what happened to the daughter, but it's hard to really blame Judge Highsmith for trying to help her if he thought she was really in danger. Still, Professor Jarvis -- without knowing the facts -- jumps all over the Judge and the Marshal.
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