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ABA's List of 25 Greatest Legal Movies

Posted on August 01, 2008
It's a snore-fest, but you can review their picks here.No "Devil's Advocate"? No "The Firm"? No "Liar Liar" or "All of Me"? Wait a minute -- no "The Fortune Cookie" or "I Love You Alice B. Toklas"?Now I'm getting steamed.

Celebrate Life

Posted on July 31, 2008
It's precious and fragile and your good fortune can change in a New York minute.Steve Chaykin, RIP. The Aspen Daily News has a more complete account here.

3d DCA Watch -- The One In Which Judge Cope Becomes "Judicially Aware."

Posted on July 30, 2008
Well if you thought last week's edition was a little thin, you better take a pass on this week. You have your usual one-noter cert opinion from Judge Schwartz, as well as an economic-loss rule snoozer from Judge Wells. (Dear Judge Wells, the economic loss rule is confusing enough, is it too much to ask for some background facts before affirming with a string citation? Then your opinion could be useful to practitioners down the road...

"I Don't Want a Piece of You, I Want the Whole Thing!"

Posted on July 30, 2008
How about that? Scott Sheftall channels his inner Happy Gilmore: Scott Sheftall calls himself the ''ultimate Cinderella story'' at this week's U.S. Senior Open.A decent college golfer, Sheftall's best golf moments since then have come while on hand to see best friend Mark McCumber win two Doral titles and the 1988 Players Championship...

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Smiles, Everyone, Smiles!

Posted on July 29, 2008
Boy it's another crappy day in paradise. I open up the paper and learn that Michael Putney thinks the Marlins stadium giveaway is a ridiculous joke, then I read how our schools chief was just named National Superintendent of the Year but he's about to be fired for no good reason...

Sex, Lies, and Willie Gary?

Posted on July 28, 2008
Once again I ask -- why can't I ever get a case like this? This time Michael Pike gets to have all the fun:West Palm lawyer Michael Pike included in his filing two X-rated homemade DVDs of Gary's single adult son, Kenneth, having sex with Nedd. The second DVD, according to Pike, was filmed a week after Nedd and Gary met in a Stuart Best Western, where Nedd claims he sexually assaulted her...

Late 3d DCA Watch -- Waiting For The Man

Posted on July 28, 2008
Well, there's slim pickings in 3d DCA Watch, we probably should have just skipped the whole darn week. But let's take a looksy anyways at those wacky, wily bunch of robed troublemakers, yes it's 3d DCA Watch:United Auto v. Garrido:Wait a minute; do my eyes deceive me? Did United Auto actually win an appeal? On a writ no less? It does appear that way...

On The Road Again

Posted on July 24, 2008
Hi folks! I'm traveling for the next few days, so I promise a belated 3d DCA Watch when I return, probably sometime over the weekend, weather permitting.Be good and play nice.

Note to Sandy Bohrer -- Tom Petty Was Right.

Posted on July 23, 2008
The waiting is the hardest part:After an exhaustive genealogical search, Judge Cohen has been unable to conclude that she, too, is distantly related to Bob Martinez. Not only that, her efforts to get the parties to settle informally have been a bust...

Attractive Nuisance, Defined.

Posted on July 22, 2008
Color me skeptical, but I find it hard to believe our MIA workers will use this technology strictly as intended, and that all scans will be completely random:As passengers step inside the machine, they extend their arms and legs for several seconds, as millimeter wave technology creates an image...

New Epstein Becker Florida Employment Law Blog

Posted on July 19, 2008
I know there are a few dear readers who actually follow legal trends and whatnot, so for you obsessives (and you know who you are), there's a new, well-designed employment law blog from our Epstein Becker friends Richard D. Tuschman and Hector A. Chichoni...

Quoting Bob Dylan?

Posted on July 18, 2008
Hey, maybe Richard Strafer is a ranter too:Quoting Bob Dylan and a legal treatise, attorneys for indicted Miami attorney Ben Kuehne and two co-defendants maintain the ?unprecedented? money laundering indictment is ideologically motivated by the Justice Department...

3d DCA Watch -- United Auto and the Pips

Posted on July 17, 2008
Hi kiddies, in this action-packed edition, Judge Freeman easily justifies her business court, William K. Hill suffers a rare loss, and United Auto acts inexplicably, yes it's that time to peek at that lovable wack-pack of robed coffee-drinkers, 3d DCA Watch:Solari v...

Smoke and Mirrors?

Posted on July 16, 2008
Reports are dribbling in regarding the Marlins case currently being tried before Judge Cohen. I've heard that Bob has been a bit scattershot but is improving, and that Sandy is playing to a nonexistent jury. Oy.This report of yesterday's proceedings gave me a chuckle:After a brief appearance by Jim Villacorta, executive director of Miami's Community Redevelopment Agencies, University of South Florida economics professor and author Philip Porter took the stand as a witness for Braman...

"Yeah, Lots of Space in This Mall."

Posted on July 15, 2008
I know many of you have abandoned downtown and now practice in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove and elsewhere, but for those of us schleppers who still commute to Miami these new express lanes are a disaster. Are they purposely trying to choke off the City? I've already hit three of those stupid plastic poles in protest:Since last week, drivers have smacked into the row of plastic poles that now divide the new express lanes from local traffic on an 8-mile stretch of northbound I-95 in Miami-Dade County...

Another Day in Paradise

Posted on July 14, 2008
Let's let good ole' J.B. Harris explain what it's like to practice in Miami-Dade County nowadays:The flood of cases and reduction in judicial personnel are being felt in other ways as well, giving new meaning to the old adage, ?Justice delayed is justice denied...

Bruce Greer to the Rescue?

Posted on July 11, 2008
I told you no one wants to try a case in July. It seems Judge Cohen is urging the parties to mediate and settle the Marlins stadium case, and is postponing the trial in order to get a deal done:Instead, she ordered the parties to try to reach a settlement out of court...

3d DCA Watch -- War of the Roses, Tolstoy Edition

Posted on July 10, 2008
Boy for a judge subject to mandatory retirement Senior Judge Schwartz stays pretty active. That's the main lesson learned here in today's installment of our regular feature, 3d DCA Watch:Braswell v. Ryan Investments and Goldstein v. Braswell:These opinions both authored by Senior Judge Schwartz deal with aspects of the divorce of the mega-rich Braswells, and efforts by the ex-wife to collect on the former husband's assets, which were mostly placed in various corporate entities...

Gone Troppo

Posted on July 09, 2008
Hi hump-dayers, or should I say those of you still around this hot humid playground. Half of my opposing counsel and most of the judges have left for the mountains, be they Telluride, Maine, North Carolina, Montana, anywhere there are hills to climb I guess...

Trial in July

Posted on July 08, 2008
Not quite "Moonlight in Vermont," in fact does anyone really likes the sound of that phrase -- "trial in July," sorta like "prostate is enlarged" -- something you just don't want to hear. Anyways, our boy Billy Shields does a smart curtain-raiser on the Marlins trial set for bench trial before poor Judge Cohen on Thursday:What will happen in the highly publicized trial set to start Thursday is anyone?s guess, but most of it will center on the baseball stadium...

Maurice Kutner Lands a Big One

Posted on July 07, 2008
All you naysayers take note -- this one could be very big: Capping a week of rumors about her husband's alleged infidelities, the wife of New York Yankee superstar Alex ''A-Rod'' Rodriguez is expected to file for divorce in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Monday, The Miami Herald has learned...

3d DCA Watch -- Man Smart (Woman Smarter)

Posted on July 03, 2008
Hi kiddies, it's a special pre-4th of July edition of those wacky folks down south, drinking coffee, wearing robes, making rulings and taking names, yes, it's 3d DCA Watch:The Event Firm v. Augustin:Ok, say you're a trial judge. You have an LLC consisting of three managing members, and the organizational documents for the LLC were prepared by Adorno & Yoss, in particular none other than Alan Rosenthal...

Skip Campbell Represents Clients Who Actually Attended A Rob Thomas Concert

Posted on July 02, 2008
I love Joan Fleischman's column in the Miami Herald. She always finds some interesting nugget out there, usually involving the law or some local yokle. I didn't understand it when they moved and bumped her column to make room for Ana whatever-her-name-is, although I have to admit Ana turned out better than I thought...

Everyone Loves a Good Poll!

Posted on July 01, 2008
Well, not everyone.What do you make of the results? Personally, I don't put much stock in polls that are generated by returning mail-in ballots, given the propensity for error that can creep in.(Former Chief Judge Alan Schwartz' results over the last several decades may be an exception...

Scott Baena Descends Into The Belly Of The Beast

Posted on June 30, 2008
Surprisingly, according to Scott, the belly of the Beast doesn't have a too many real estate developers down there:Getting the picture? Too many lenders at the trough, dwindling property values, no cash to use, too little time under bankruptcy law, and financial retribution for filing bankruptcy...

Judge Echarte Is Related To Someone. Or Something.

Posted on June 27, 2008
In a bombshell dropped only days before trial, Bob Martinez filed a motion to recuse Judge Echarte in the Miami Megaplan suit, and the Judge granted the motion: Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Pedro Echarte Jr.'s mother is first cousins with attorney Bob Martinez's sister-in-law...

3d DCA Watch -- The State of Miami, Turning Basins, And Scrivener's Errors

Posted on June 26, 2008
Yes kiddies it's that time again, so let's dig right into that wacky, wild and wonderful place, yes you got it -- 3d DCA land: Lanoue v. Rizk: Let me ask you, do you see anything wrong with this choice of law provision: ?This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the State of Miami...

GT Press Release: "Businesses Like Me. They Really Like Me!"

Posted on June 26, 2008
Anyone else get this GT press release the other day: Greenberg Traurig has been selected as the best corporate law firm in Miami by directors serving on boards of publicly traded companies, for the seventh consecutive year. The results were published in Corporate Board Member magazine?s annual Legal Industry Research Study, sponsored by FTI Consulting...

School Board Attorney Thinks Her Home Address Is "Private Information"

Posted on June 25, 2008
Hmm, I guess she doesn't get on the intertubes all that much: Two-and-a-half years after Miami-Dade School Board attorney JulieAnn Rico accepted $15,000 from the district to move to Miami-Dade County, she still claims a homestead exemption in Palm Beach County, public records show...

Fireworks in Judge Pando's Courtroom

Posted on June 25, 2008
I received a few requests to find out more about an interesting hearing yesterday in Judge Pando's courtroom. If anyone reading knows what happened, please email or post your thoughts.

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