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H&K Associates Get Obsolete Mini Computer Designed to Make Them Work More!

Posted on January 06, 2011
Once again the Intrepid One? breaks news:Holland & Knight gave its 350 associates a trendy Christmas present this year: a brand-new iPad.The popular tech tools that retail for $499 were hand-delivered to every associate at the firm Dec. 17 with a memo from firm managing partner Steven Sonberg...

Joe Klock Asks Magistrate Judge Brown for an "Extension of Mercy."

Posted on January 06, 2011
Kids, when you need to ask a judge for an enlargement of time, this is how you do it:This request is not meant to delay any matters before this Court. The Order was issued in the middle of the holiday season, and as Plaintiffs' counsel clearly was not working as hard as the Court, were not addressed until after New Year's...

Michael Pizzi Gets $500 an Hour?

Posted on January 05, 2011
Strike that.I meant to say Michael Pizzi gets $500 an hour!Well, except when he's trying to seal a deal:The tipping point came when Pizzi offered to undercut Wolfe?s fee. Though Wolfe?s firm billed the city $85 per hour, Pizzi said he would beat this price...

3d DCA Watch -- Judge Schwartz Kicks Off the New Year With a Bang!

Posted on January 05, 2011
Our favorite Senior Judge had a big week to kick off 2011. Let's take a look:Tahiti Beach v. Pfeffer:Here the good judge just sits on the panel as Judge Salter, in his usual efficient and logical way, disposes of Andy Hall's appeal on behalf of swanky Tahiti Beach, which had imposed a $285k fine on a homeowner for not completing their construction or landscaping within 24 months...

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Justice Scalia Thinks the 14th Amendment Applies Equally To All Hetero Men.

Posted on January 04, 2011
Amanda Terkel notes a quite astonishing interview with Justice Scalia from the California Lawyer:In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation...

BREAKING -- Certain Rule 12 Defenses Can Be Waived if Not Raised in Initial Motion!

Posted on January 04, 2011
You know, you wake up in this business and everyday you can learn something new.For example, according to this opinion by the 11th Circuit, you can apparently waive certain Rule 12 defenses if you don't raise them in your motion to dismiss:Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(h)(1) states that some Rule 12 defenses are waived by failing to raise them in the initial Rule 12 motion, including improper venue: ?a party waives any defenses listed in Rule 12(b)(2)?(5) by ...

Dave Aronberg Will Take Away Your Happy Pills!

Posted on January 03, 2011
Or something like that: Former state senator Dave Aronberg of Greenacres is expected to lead a state effort aimed at eliminating unscrupulous pain clinics, or "pill mills." Attorney General-Elect Pam Bondi announced today that she will appoint Aronberg as a special counsel in her administration, charging him with leading an intense anti-pill mill initiative...

I Already Hate 2011.

Posted on January 03, 2011
Six Million Dollar Man IntroUploaded by pezhammer. - Watch more comedy videos and sitcoms. Hi kids, welcome back to the real world!Let's see what happened while you were snuggled inside your holiday dream.....Whoa -- George "Pe Pe" LeMieux is returning to what's left of Gunster, where gave a rousing speech about rebuilding the venerable Florida firm:"Gunster, a firm barely alive...

Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2010
From your friends at South Florida Lawyers.See you on the other side!

4th DCA Upholds Class Action Suit Against NBA Commish David Stern!

Posted on December 31, 2010
Well that's what it looked like when I opened up my Herald this morning, which had a file photo of NBA Commissioner David J. Stern accompanying this story about Plantation Foreclosure King David J. Stern:A state appeals court in West Palm Beach has ruled a class-action lawsuit claiming Plantation attorney David J...

Can We Call 2010 Already?

Posted on December 30, 2010
Just asking.

Does Eric Shane Have a Case?

Posted on December 30, 2010
Hmm, this seems more like that other Lottery than a nice friendly Village game among friends:Seven members of a lottery pool in this huge retirement community are accused of cutting out an eighth member from a $16 million jackpot, according to a lawyer representing the woman who is suing to get her share...

3d DCA Watch -- Ah Yes, Venetian Salami.

Posted on December 29, 2010
WH Smith v. Benages:My work here is done.

3d DCA vs. 1st DCA -- Let's Compare Courthouses!

Posted on December 29, 2010
There is an unintentionally hilarious article in the Florida Bar News that curiously does not involve or even mention my pal George L. Metcalfe.It purports to compare the palatial "Taj Mahal" like new 1st DCA facility with, of all things, our own little bunker...

11th Circuit Thinks Bill Amlong Should Have Used X-Ray Glasses!

Posted on December 29, 2010
The meatball man does a nice job covering it, but I want to add a few points about this extraordinary 11th Circuit opinion sanctioning Bill and Karen Amlong.Preliminary question for Judge Carnes -- why do you note on page two that the plaintiff is an "illegal immigrant"?Regardless, the good Judge, in a 74-page opinion(!) pulls no punches:The Amlongs? attempt to alter their client?s deposition testimony in 868 ways was of a piece with their conduct throughout the litigation...

Change Partners.

Posted on December 28, 2010
Once again the Intrepid One? breaks news:Casey, who starts Dec. 31, is bringing along partners Richard Tuschman, Kevin Vance and Hector Chiconi as well as associates Teresa Maestrelli and Mark Beutler, a paralegal and an undetermined number of office staff...

All Hail Blogger Fantasy Football Winner!

Posted on December 28, 2010
It's really nice to receive all the warm accolades from fellow local legal bloggers on winning this year's fantasy football league.Thanks again for all the kind words.

Spencer Aronfeld Holiday Card!

Posted on December 28, 2010
He took off his glasses and everything!

Gene Stearns Doesn't Think Judge Ungaro Did That Good a Job Presiding Over His Trial.

Posted on December 27, 2010
Bank Atlantic New Trial Motion I'm paraphrasing, but that's the takeaway from BankAtlantic's motion for new trial, which through the magic of Scribd you can gaze at above.

Foreclosure Follies -- Lawyer Whack a Mole?

Posted on December 27, 2010
Hi kids!Welcome back to lawyer purgatory, that period between Christmas and New Year's where everyone pretends to be working but nothing gets scheduled and no one really does anything again until next year anyways.Ever wonder what happened to youngin' lawyers doing foreclosure work at David Stern's shop?The pups just moved along to another foreclosure joint:'A game of Whac-A-Mole'The Atlanta-based McCalla Raymer law firm, which handles foreclosures for mortgage giant Fannie Mae in Georgia, hopes to do the same in Florida...

Merry Christmas, Baby!

Posted on December 25, 2010
Meet you under the mistletoe.

Neil Rogers RIP

Posted on December 24, 2010
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Neil Rogers.Neil was a formative influence in my life and helped shape who I am today. He was smart, funny, irreverent, fearless, and spoke -- sometimes yelled -- truth to power.Even when he started in South Florida, doing "issue" radio in the mid-70s, he was sui generis...

Odds and Sods and William Levy

Posted on December 23, 2010
Hi kids, are you still at work? I sure hope not.My friend Tom Spencer wants you to be afraid, be very afraid of Saddam Ahmadinejad Rev. Wright Bill Ayers Kenya saying "happy holidays" Wikileaks.Hey, Christmas truly is beloved by everyone!One of my most-viewed posts deals with the lawsuit that Spanish-language soap opera star William Levy brought against an LA attorney over allegations of forced oral sex and venereal disease...

Luther Campbell Doesn't Really Care Much For Judge Cooke.

Posted on December 22, 2010
It's true we broke news of and have been actively covering the Luke Campbell case that Richard Brodsky masterfully tried before Judge Cooke, but now Uncle Luke, a columnist at the very fine Riptide, breaks his silence over the controversy and has some harsh words for Judge Cooke:When I finally heard about the allegations, I fought to vacate the judgment and dismiss the case...

3d DCA Watch -- Continuously Opining On Matters Not Before Us Since 1957!

Posted on December 22, 2010
Hear ye Hear ye, the 3d DCA is festooned this day with officially sanctioned holiday cheer, dispensing PCAs to all the good little boy and girl litigants, and indubitably (real word used last week by Judge Shepherd!) sharing the peaceful joys of the season...

Cities

Posted on December 22, 2010

Magistrate Judge Brown Rules on "Out of the Blue" Peter Halmos Filing!

Posted on December 21, 2010
Pointless Notice Order I think adding an exclamation point when citing to Local Rule 7...

Microsoft Billionaire Foiled By Iqbal!

Posted on December 21, 2010
Boy this lame-duck Congress is actually getting a few things done -- (a few) new federal judges even!So what's the status of efforts to roll back Twombly or Iqbal?Senator Spector's bill is D.O.A., as is the House version.That's good news for some, except Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen:A judge has dismissed Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen?s lawsuit against Google, Apple, Facebook and others for patent infringement...

Ah Lyle!

Posted on December 20, 2010
Continuing with our earlier story about Mr. Chow and Richman Greer attorney Lyle E. Shapiro's withdrawal from the defense of the case......(God is it slow around here -- I'm beginning to lose my mind. Help me out people).

Hand-Pulled Noodle Case Slowly Unraveling.

Posted on December 20, 2010
Longtime readers know we have been tracking Mr. Chow's long hand-pulled noodle-like passage through the SD FL for some time now.There have been several substitutions in the cast of characters fondling handling this matter.Now it appears the defendants may be running out of money; at a minimum they have run out of Richman Greer's good counsel, as that firm has recently withdrawn from the case...

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