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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

Monday, April 27, 2015

Time for a new A.G.

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Eric Holder has stepped down and now we have Loretta Lynch. Part of his speech from CNN : As in his speech when he took office six years ...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

It's been a bad week for law enforcement and dogs

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First was the well-covered story of the Supreme Court ruling that traffic stops couldn't be extended, even briefly, to allow for drug-sn...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Thorner.v.SonyComputerEntm'tAm.LLC,669F3d1362,1365(Fed.Cir.2012)

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That's how the appellant in this Federal Circuit case cited to a case so that it counted as one word instead of 14. The court wasn...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

What should the courts do about confusing statutes?

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That was the question yesterday before the Supreme Court, which was looking at the Armed Career Criminal Statute. From the Washington Post ...
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Monday, April 20, 2015

Go Dore Go!

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Tiffany Foster gambled and lost a lengthy trial before Judge Altonaga.  She was taken into custody after the verdict was read and by all acc...
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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Thursday news and notes

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1.  Would you pick the Chief Justice for jury duty?  These lawyers passed in a state civil case: Rubin eventually asked people to raise t...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Britto sues Apple

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Over this ad: Below is the complaint, which fell before Kathy Williams. According to the lawsuit, Britto's specific Trade Dress is...
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Monday, April 13, 2015

"I want to reiterate to all department personnel…that they are prohibited from soliciting, procuring, or accepting commercial sex."

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That was a friendly reminder from Attorney General Eric Holder to DOJ employees not to hire prostitutes even if it's legal in that cou...
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