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Charlie Crist: Pig Roasts Yes, Gay Adoption No.

Posted on October 01, 2008
Big Charlie has "no second thoughts" about denying gay folks an opportunity to adopt children who have been through a TPR proceeding. The issue is coming to a head in Judge Cindy Lederman's courtroom this morning as Charlie Auslander goes to trial on behalf of a gay man seeking to adopt two children:On Wednesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman will begin a trial over Gill's petition to adopt the two half-siblings...

La Shana Tovah

Posted on September 29, 2008
So tonight is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and for those dear readers who are observant I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous 5769. Here's to staying awake in Temple.

Lawyers Worry About the Silliest Things!

Posted on September 29, 2008
Oh lawyers, always worrying about whether the id. is capitalized and other such picayune matters. Belts and suspenders, dotting i's and crossing t's and all that.But get this: apparently some of you are concerned that the election in November may not go off perfectly...

Kendall Coffey Reports On Something.

Posted on September 29, 2008
On my way to the federal courthouse this morning, and who did I see? None other than camera-hound Kendall Coffey, doing a "stand up" with a TV crew outside the new federal courthouse. I wonder what he was reporting on?Oh well, always good to talk about something you know.

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SFL Friday -- Sage Professional Advice: Don't Be a Di#k!

Posted on September 26, 2008
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,I don't wanna be your boss.Don't say I never warned youWhen your train gets lost.That's the Bard talking, but he was onto something. Money money money, hours, status, wants, needs, desires, love, children. And of course that sexy young thing at Offerdahl's...

The Turkey Vultures Are Back!

Posted on September 25, 2008
I don't know about you, but all this gloom-and-doom talk is starting to get to me.First just yesterday I see JPK pacing slowly along Flagler, working his way toward La Loggia, silent and alone in his thoughts.Then this morning as I drove into work in my hermetically-sealed SFLmobile I came across nearly a dozen large turkey vultures, feasting on some fresh road kill...

BREAKING -- Jack Thompson Free To Start Life Anew in Federal Court

Posted on September 25, 2008
I don't want our crappy little blog to get all Jack Thompsony-chronic-all-the-time, but I did see that hotshot reporter and boy mechanic Billy Shields is breaking word that Jack has been disbarred:The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday permanently disbarred crusading anti-porn lawyer Jack Thompson after years of review but left open a slim window of opportunity for reconsideration...

3d DCA Watch -- The One Involving Sarah Palin And An Undisclosed 11th Circuit Panel Judge

Posted on September 24, 2008
Hi kiddies, yes it's that time again, when we hold our collective noses and pray, curse, clap, and peek at the weekly doings of our favorite little courthouse by the athletic field, yes without further adieu it's 3d DCA Watch:So we'll argue and we'll compromiseAnd realize that nothing's ever changedFor all our mutual experienceOur separate conclusions are the same...

Law Firm Retreats: Do They Suck?

Posted on September 23, 2008
I'm been thinking of a few stories from law firm retreats I used to go when we were all swimmin' in dough and life was good good good.Upon reflection, nearly all of those stories involved copious amounts of liquor, sexual relations, and some form of inappropriate, embarrassing, odd, or downright sybaritic behavior on the part of a summer associate, junior partner or, ideally, some really old senior partner no one really liked anyway...

Billy Shears On The Kenny Nachwalter Disqualification

Posted on September 23, 2008
It's ok Billy, even though I covered the story six days ago, I'm glad you finally got around to doing a piece on it. I guess the difference is that Billy actually, you know, did some digging and reporting and I just sat around in my wind surfing shorts and blogged about it...

They Write Letters....

Posted on September 22, 2008
Here's a surprise -- former General Counsel to Jeb Bush Raquel Rodriguez thinks new Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady is just fine:The Miami Herald confuses a conservative judicial philosophy with a conservative political philosophy. To be a conservative jurist means understanding that the executive and legislative branches make policy, and that the judicial branch interprets law...

SFL Friday -- It's The End of The World As We Know It

Posted on September 19, 2008
And Norman Braman feels fine:''With a Wall Street Journal headline this morning saying it's the worst economy with no help in sight, how could anyone even think of spending these type of dollars for a for-profit business?''So now Judge Cohen gets to deliver the final blow, given that the Florida Supremes have finally ruled on that community redevelopment monies case from Escambia County...

Online Poker Players Are Dupes, Err, Were Duped.

Posted on September 18, 2008
I know I know --- all of you hotshots are great drivers, great lovers, and great poker players. Plus nobody knows sports better than you.Well, now you can at least explain your online poker losses away. Listen bubbe, it was not a deficit in skill -- you are still the best ever! -- it just turns out you were a schmuck to play online in the first place:Allegations that a long-running cheating scheme bilked players on a leading Internet poker site have triggered an $85 million claim against a Canadian company whose employees allegedly manipulated the cyberspace card room?s software so that they could see their opponents? hole cards, msnbc...

Judge Blake Gets the Love

Posted on September 18, 2008
Our own Judge Blake receives a glowing profile by the Boston Globe, focusing on his humorous, folksy style, unlike all those New England stiffs. Here's my favorite part:When he jousts with the stone-serious Fred Wyshak, the Boston federal prosecutor on loan to the locals, about sartorial choices Wyshak's made for this road trip, Blake says that since becoming a judge 14 years ago he can no longer afford the fancy suits...

3d DCA Watch -- The One Where Judge Cope's Law Clerk Outlawyers The Lawyers. Oh Yeah, and Kenny Nachwalter Gets Disqualified (Yawn).

Posted on September 17, 2008
Ok kiddies, it's that time again so let's jump right in and see what our coffee-swilling, Technicolor-robed brethren down south have been up to in this topsy-turvy, action-packed edition of 3d DCA Watch:Skylake v. NMB Plaza:Whoah -- holy great-research-by-Judge-Cope's-clerk, Batman!This case has to do with a ten-year lease signed by landlord NMB Plaza, an LLC, which was repudiated for whatever reason by the landlord...

Crackberry Love: It's Either Me or Your Device, Baby!

Posted on September 16, 2008
We've already discussed (here and here) the disgusting habit you overfed, undersexed office-dwellers have of bringing your device into the bedroom and the deleterious consequences that has on your love life. Now comes news that thirty-five percent of you simpering texters would even choose your "device" over your spouse:The study of 6,500 traveling executives says 35 percent of them would choose their PDA over their spouse...

Adorno Yoss Merges With Texas Firm Known for Friendly Mock Raids

Posted on September 16, 2008
This is an interesting way for an immigration firm to drum up business:Under the new structure, Houston and San Antonio offices of Monty Partners are now officially occupied by Adorno?s newly formed immigration practice group. Before the deal, Adorno only had a Texas office in Dallas...

From "Saved By the Bell" to Supreme Court Law Clerk

Posted on September 15, 2008
Ok, I'll admit, I'm not a big reader of People magazine. But I happened to be reading this week's edition, which featured something about lipsticks and pigs, when I came across a story about Carlos Lidsky's son and how he just got a job clerking for the United States Supreme Court...

Smart Florida Voter Probably Bought Condo "On Bay."

Posted on September 12, 2008
We've been talking recently about what presumptions, if any, should be applied to the reasonable person in light of some interesting opinions from Judge Seitz and the Florida Supreme Court.I offer up Florida voter and Barefoot Bay resident Andy Lacasse and his thoughtful idea of a campaign yard sign as Exhibit A...

Mami! Who You Gonna Believe, Me or Those Lying Emails?

Posted on September 12, 2008
How nice, our first scandal with the new Superintendent of Schools, and he hasn't even been hired yet! There are many elements to this story that are simply preposterous:School Board members, community leaders and reporters have received about two dozen e-mails that appear to have been sent from deLuzuriaga to Carvalho between July and September 2007...

All My Favorite Places, My City Had Been Pulled Down

Posted on September 11, 2008
When I was young and foolish, some of us downtown lawyers would actually go eat on the Miami River. I know that sounds ridiculous, but it was true -- you used to be able to get a fresh snapper sandwich at a reasonable price, from a real fish joint. Weird, right? (Believe me, Bijan's does not count...

BREAKING - Scott Salomon Now Most "Not Evil Person" In Jail

Posted on September 10, 2008
We always enjoy writing about Scott Salomon, but for those of you looking to refer him business a dedicated reader points out that he now has a new address:The NBC 6 Consumer Investigative Unit investigated an attorney accused of taking more than $1 million from clients without providing services, and that lawyer was in jail Tuesday night...

3d DCA Watch -- The One Where Judge Rothenberg Reveals The Secret to Prevailing on Summary Judgment in State Court

Posted on September 10, 2008
Shhh, don't tell anyone about this week's edition of 3d DCA Watch, because this is the one where you can learn -- finally -- how to win on summary judgment in state court. Yes, all you ham-and-eggers on Flagler Street, now you can WIN WIN WIN beyond your wildest gin-soaked dreams! And you big-firmers can even bill some CLE time today by reading our crappy little blog...

BREAKING -- Judge Cohen Reveals What the Marlins' "Special Purpose" Is For!

Posted on September 09, 2008
Excuse me, I've really got to start reading things more closely.It's not a "special purpose," it's apparently some kind of "public purpose":Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Jeri Beth Cohen ruled Tuesday that building a ballpark for the Florida Marlins serves a public purpose -- a significant victory for the team and local government in their quest to bring a new stadium to South Florida...

Judge Seitz, Maybe You Should Talk to the Florida Supreme Court

Posted on September 09, 2008
In the wake of the eminently reasonable ruling by the Florida Supreme Court that appears to acknowledge that some people just don't read so good, the WSJ revisits Judge Seitz' Lochner Era-esq ruling on condo developers saying whatever the hail they want as long as the contract says otherwise:Last month, the U...

News Flash: Big Firm Associates Are Overpaid, Undersatisfied

Posted on September 08, 2008
What a surprise -- Big Firm associates get paid a lot and are still unhappy:Start with the lack of knowledge that law students have about firms. Students can?t easily differentiate between prospective employers, so they rely too much on pay as an indicator of prestige...

SFL Friday -- Your Cheatin' Allele 334

Posted on September 05, 2008
Wind, rain, riptides, impending massive hurricane -- it's perfect windsurfing weather yet again! And some of you want to move from this paradise?So I came across this interesting article on why men cheat. It's not low self-esteem, poor interpersonal relationship skills, or even just plain lust; you can tell your spouses it's that pesky allele 334 gene:[T]he findings by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm suggest that there could be some scientific roots to some men?s tendency to stray...

BREAKING -- Akerman Jilted; Wolf Block Loves Suing Health Care Insurers Too Too Much

Posted on September 04, 2008
It's an age-old story -- two firms meet at a bar convention, strike up a conversation, next thing you know they are planning a grand marriage and a honeymoon to the Cayman Islands.Then come the details, you like suing health care insurers on behalf of health care providers, I like defending them...

Mark Herron Thinks Florida Voters Are Highly Educated and Read Really Well; Florida Supreme Court Says "Huh"?

Posted on September 04, 2008
It's nice when judges actually attempt to understand the actions of the typical voter or consumer. In striking down the unfunded property tax swap amendment (Amendment 5) yesterday, we had this exchange before the Florida Supreme Court:Leon County Circuit Court Judge John Cooper first ruled Amendment 5 unconstitutional because of that misleading implication...

3d DCA Watch -- A Little Splash'll Do Ya

Posted on September 03, 2008
Yes kiddies it's that time of the week -- your favorite hump day activity -- so let us peer down south upon the wizened, robed coffee-stained brains that decide the governing law for us who merely toil in labor on Flagler Street, yes it is this week's edition of 3d DCA Watch:It's not easy being Pete Loblack...

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