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What's the big secret?
Posted on March 25, 2009Here's more on the Mutual Benefits recusal from Vanessa Blum...Our previous coverage here.From the Blum article:Over objections from area newspapers, a federal judge today closed a court hearing on secret filings in a case stemming from one of South Florida's biggest frauds...
Monday morning...
Posted on March 23, 2009Ahhhh, it's Monday morning. Everyone had their cafecito yet?I took the weekend off, trying to recover after the long trial I just finished. It's hard to unwind after being revved up for so long. I went to the NCAA games on Friday -- all four of em... There's nothing like March Madness...
New administrate order on text messaging, emailing, twittering, typing, and cellular phone use
Posted on March 23, 2009Judge Moreno issued a new administrative order today allowing reporters to bring their cells into the courthouse, but:prohibit[ing] text messaging, emailing, twittering, typing, and any cellular phone use from inside courtrooms. These actions by persons inside the courtroom violate the sanctity of the courtroom and disrupt ongoing judicial proceedings...
Amici support Cuban 5
Posted on March 19, 2009John Pacenti covers the amicus briefs filed in support of the Cuban 5:Nobel laureates, scholars and international organizations have flooded the U.S. Supreme Court with legal briefs in support of five convicted Cuban spies, arguing the defendants were sandbagged from the start because the Miami trial took place in a city defined by decades of anti-Castro fervor...
"Unequal Justice"
Posted on March 19, 2009That's the title of this riveting Miami New Times piece about prison rape at the Miami FDC. We blogged on this issue before here. Below is the intro to the in depth article that is worth a read:On the fifth floor of the Federal Detention Center in Miami, a short and stocky inmate stood sweeping the floor...
Judge Graham to receive prestigious award
Posted on March 18, 2009Congrats to Judge Donald Graham who is receiving the William M. Hoeveler Award for ethics and leadership in the legal profession from the University of Miami School of Law Center for Ethics & Public Service. The reception is at 4pm on March 25th and the ceremony is at 4:30...
Judges dispute goes public
Posted on March 17, 2009Many of you have seen the Zloch-Morenomemos that went back and forth. We made the decision not to blog about it for the reasons Judge Palermo articulated in this Julie Kay article. But now that it's in the DBR, we post the article for your review...
Google Mistrial
Posted on March 17, 2009The NY Times has an article about the mistrial in Judge Zloch's courtroom last week after jurors did internet research:Last week, a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida admitted to the judge that he had been doing research on the case on the Internet, directly violating the judge?s instructions and centuries of legal rules...
Thanks South Florida Lawyer!
Posted on March 15, 2009Well, after a month of working around the clock, I'm back. It was almost impossible to blog during the trial, so thankfully South Florida Lawyer agreed to step in. He was fantastic and kept the blog alive. Thanks! You are welcome here anytime!So let's get right back to it...
HOORAY!
Posted on March 13, 2009You know who here, still...oh hail let's get right to John Pacenti's delicious write-up of the big man's big win:?This verdict restored my faith in our justice system,? said David O. Markus, one of Shaygan?s attorneys. ?It shows win-at-all costs takes a back seat to justice...
Waiting For the Man.
Posted on March 12, 2009SFL here, waiting like everyone else for the jury to come back in the big man's trial:"Addicts sometimes lie to get their drugs and doctors are going to get fooled," defense attorney David Markus said. "But that doesn't make them drug dealers."Shaygan is charged with 141 counts of unlawful prescribing...
Closing Arguments in the Shaygan Trial
Posted on March 11, 2009Hi kids, SFL still in da' house (to paraphrase rap artist/Congresswoman Bachmann), while the big man does that thing trial lawyers do, what is it again, oh yeah:Prosecutors and defense lawyers will make closing arguments today in the trial of a South Florida physician accused of acting as a drug dealer...
Helio Trial Resumes Today.
Posted on March 10, 2009Hi folks, blah blah blah.I see the Helio trial resumes today:Experts say jurors will have to decide if the Castroneves deal was real or contrived to make it appear he didn't have control of his Penske money."What the government is saying is, if you are entitled to some cash, and you leave it in your mother's bank account, it's still your cash," said Chas Roy-Chowdrey, a tax expert with the global industry group Association of Chartered Certified Accountants...
Shaygan Trial Cross-Examination
Posted on March 10, 2009SFL here, because David is there:'These people there said, `Tape-record the defense,' '' defense attorney David O. Markus declared, pointing to prosecutors Sean Cronin and Andrea Hoffman. ``When I called you, you tape-recorded me.'' The government witness, Trinity Clendening, agreed, admitting he recorded Markus on his home phone two times in December...
"Much of Brickell Avenue Was Built With Drug Money."
Posted on March 09, 2009Welcome to Monday, folks -- SFL here, still subbing for the big man.Remember, no throwing erasures in the classroom!That great quote above is from Joe DeMaria, weighing in on the black market peso exchange and the government's case against Ben Kuehne:Kuehne is represented by Miami attorney Jane Moscowitz of Moscowitz & Moscowitz and John Nields of Howrey in Washington...
Goggles case finally over
Posted on March 06, 2009Vanessa Blum has the scoop:A federal judge sentenced an Iranian woman today to five years and three months in prison for trying to illegally export U.S.-made night-vision goggles to Iran.Sharhazad Mir Gholikhan, 31, was found guilty of violating trade laws in December after she represented herself at trial...
Judge Garber Nixes Ochoa Bid for Retrial
Posted on February 26, 2009SFL here.Magistrate Judge Garber denies Ochoa motion:U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Garber denied the request by Medellín cartel leader Fabio Ochoa, whose lawyer argued that convicted codefendant Alejandro Bernal was not a truthful witness in the 2003 trial...
"Well Known" Motorcycle Mechanic Sentenced Before Judge Altonaga
Posted on February 26, 2009Hi folks!SFL here, still doin' time at David's fine place while the big man goes to court and cross-examines witnesses -- you know, the stuff we all wish we were doing right now....Here's what's happening in Judge Altonaga's courtroom:R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I...
More Complications in the UBS Case
Posted on February 25, 2009SFL here, still filling in while David does his "trial lawyer" thing.More on UBS --Now Judge Gold has a Swiss federal court to possibly contend with:UBS was sued on Tuesday in a Swiss federal court by wealthy American clients seeking to prevent the disclosure of their identities as part of a tax-evasion investigation by the United States Justice Department...
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