Thursday, August 15, 2019

Judge Rudy Ruiz investiture

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It was a really nice event to a packed house (including two overflow rooms) with heartfelt speeches from Justice Robert Luck, Judge Federico...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Raag Singhal officially nominated to the District Court

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Back in May, t he blog reported that state court judge Raag Singhal was being vetted for an open district court seat in the Southern Distri...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Gerald Tjoflat to take senior status

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Big news out of the 11th Circuit today, as Judge Tjoflat is taking senior status upon the confirmation of his successor.  Tjoflat turns 90 i...
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Monday, August 12, 2019

Was this cross examination “scandalous”? (TWO UPDATES)

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** UPDATED BELOW WITH JUDGE AMY STEELE DONNER'S COMMENTS There was a little dust-up on the FACDL Listserv this weekend over a cross ex...
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Thursday, August 08, 2019

One *billion* dollars in fraud

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Pleading to a billion dollar fraud case is tough because the guidelines are so high. So sometimes it may be better to take your chances at t...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2019

Should we give this op-ed to all jurors?

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It’s a very powerful piece about how important jury service is. Plus, it will combat the idea that jury service is to rubber stamp prosec...
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Monday, August 05, 2019

Cool story about a jailhouse lawyer

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Check out this NY Times story about Calvin Duncan, a jailhouse lawyer, who convinced the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether juries ...
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Thursday, August 01, 2019

Defending Dersh

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Here’s my latest piece , this time in Newsmax, about Alan Dershowitz. Here’s the intro: Our criminal justice system is built on the notion...
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