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A Day Without Scott Rothstein?

Posted on November 30, 2009
I don't know about you, but it feels pretty good to go a whole day without any significant developments in the Scott Rothstein saga.Best I can tell, all that happened today is Scott was officially disbarred, and the feds amended their forfeiture petition to add a few more properties...

Who Is Tiger Woods' Lawyer?

Posted on November 30, 2009
Oy this Tiger Woods thing is a mess.As always, the cover up is worse than the crime. A sports figure possibly having an affair and getting into a domestic dispute with his wife is really not that big a deal.But when you add deception, power, privilege, and a perception that a rich star is being (or wants to be) treated differently because of who he is, along with changing story lines and cancelled police interviews, you create a media frenzy and fascination that far outweighs whatever actually happened early that morning...

Rothstein Scorecard -- Who Represents Who?

Posted on November 27, 2009
Well I hope everyone had a warm, loving, and peaceful Thanksgiving, and is now fighting over deals at Walmart -- that HDTV screen will only be on sale for two more hours!I wonder if any meaning can be derived by looking at who is representing who in the Rothstein saga...

Happy Thanksgiving, Plebes!

Posted on November 26, 2009
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A Thanksgiving Cornucopia of Kim Rothstein Photographs!

Posted on November 25, 2009
Well kids, it's that time again to give our thanks and blessings for another year.I thought it pretty interesting that in years past Thanksgiving had both a "fasting" and "feasting" component.Indeed, what does it say about us that everyone abandoned the "fast" part:In the nearly 400 years since the first Thanksgiving, the holiday has come to mirror our transformation into a nation of gross overconsumption, but the New England colonists never intended for Thanksgiving to be a day of gluttony...

3d DCA Watch -- A Perfectly Split Decision.

Posted on November 25, 2009
I believe it's time we reclaimed the bunker by the highway for its rightful inhabitants -- the Resplendently Robed Ones, the swillers-of-the-free-coffee, the ones who make written and sometimes coherent utterances, yes it's a glorious pre-Turkey Day 3d DCA Watch:Barry v...

Scotty's Greatest Hits: A Look Back At Rothstein's Real Cases!

Posted on November 24, 2009
Ever wonder how Scott did in court?You'll need a PACER account but it'll be worth it I promise ya kidzzzz:Renato Watches:Scott filed a few cases on behalf of his buddy, Ovadia "Ovi" Levy, Scott's partner in Renato Watches.One was a trademark case involving the "public face" of Renato Watches on ShopNBC, "Daniel Mink...

"A Town Full of Thieves"

Posted on November 24, 2009
That's Scotty talking to the press again:I had a couple of brief exchanges with Scott Rothstein today. Most of it I'll have to bleep out. Suffice to say Rothstein had some ideas on what we could do in our spare time, rather than trying to interview his family members...

Cats And Dogs Living Together, Mass Hysteria Etc.

Posted on November 24, 2009
This NYT table-setter on several upcoming Supreme Court cases points out that conservative and liberals are coming together to condemn a criminal justice system in which all Americans are pretty much violating some law somewhere:?The problem of overcriminalization is truly one of those issues upon which a wide variety of constituencies can agree,? Mr...

A Scott and Kim Rothstein Fever Dream

Posted on November 23, 2009
So I briefly nodded off as I was monitoring a deposition by phone this afternoon. That in and of itself is not unusual; what was strange was what happened next.I found myself in the Moroccan desert, something out of The Sheltering Sky, except instead of Port and Kit Moresby or even John Malkovich and Debra Winger there was Scott and Kim and they looked really really weird and were with some old dude and they were trying to sell me bad acid...

How Not To Run A Law Firm.

Posted on November 23, 2009
There was an amended complaint filed a short while ago in the Rothstein forfeiture proceedings, you can see the Sun-Sentinel article here.The docket is here and the amended complaint is here.It's a pretty amazing list of crap if you take the time to absorb it all...

3d DCA Watch -- Judge Schwartz Explains The "Ground" of Benevolence And Compassion.

Posted on September 30, 2009
Hi kids!I just started R. Crumb's newly published book -- four years in the making -- which is an illustrated word-for-word graphic retelling of the entire Book of Genesis.Here is Amazon's blurb on it:This eagerly awaited graphic work retells the first book of the Bible in a profoundly honest way...

Settlements: Sometimes A Good Thing.

Posted on September 29, 2009
The always intrepid Julie Kay gets to the bottom of the $4.9 million malpractice verdict against Becker & Poliakoff.Apparently, Becker & Poliakoff stepped in to pursue malpractice claims against Ruden McClosky:The roots of the discrimination case began when Young and 55 other plaintiffs sued BellSouth, alleging failure to promote blacks to management...

Tuesday Roundup -- This One's For George.

Posted on September 29, 2009
Ok, I'm going to try hard this morning to provide nothing but real serious legal news, so everyone can bill 1.8 hours for reviewing this crap.Let's start with Chinese Drywall.Everyone knows it's no fun to sue Chinese defendants.Still, I was a bit surprised to see plaintiffs' lawyers talking about seizing ships that transported the drywall:Herman said plaintiffs' lawyers were up to the challenge...

Glenn Garvin Definitely Does Not Want To Get Ourselves Back to the Garden.

Posted on September 28, 2009
As Eye on Miami points out, we happen to be fortunate to live between two beautiful but fragile and endangered national parks -- yet this Glenn Garvin rant leads the Herald's coverage of the stunning new documentary series on the national parks system by Ken Burns, which debuted on PBS last night:But actually it's parks that are unnatural...

Alan Kluger Opens Second Front in Chow War

Posted on September 28, 2009
Hmm, I'm no amateur WWII scholar (ok, I am), but last I checked it's not that good an idea to open up a second front while merry olde England is still alive and somehow surviving -- you know, blood, toil, tears and sweat and all that.Yet Alan Kluger's war against the allegedly fake Mr...

Scott Rothstein Thinks Your Goatee Lacks 'Tude!

Posted on September 27, 2009
Would you want to work at a firm where the boss personally evaluates your facial hair?You would if you work at Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler:He will only let his underlings grow facial hair, for example, if they have the right attitude. ``I had one young attorney who wanted to grow a goatee,'' Rothstein says...

Proposed Clause Referencing Bob Josefsberg Removed From Non-Prosecution Agreement.

Posted on September 25, 2009
I'll leave it to the defense lawyers to comment on the overall approach taken here but this proposed language on settling several related civil suits sure seems unusual:On its first draft in September 2007, it required that Epstein pay an attorney - tapped by the U...

SFL Friday -- Have An Awesomest Day of Atonement!

Posted on September 25, 2009
Well kids I plan to scoot out of here shortly, to begin my long solemn weekend regimen of prayer, reflection, and expanding my abdomen, so let's take a quick look at what is happening around town.I see Bill Amlong has a good case against fancy Fort Lauderdale private school St...

Judge Frank M. Hull Has A New Look?

Posted on September 24, 2009
Lots of coverage of the oral argument before the 11th in Ben Kuehne's case, including this nice piece by John Pacenti, which quotes our own David O. Markus:Miami criminal defense attorney David O. Markus, who helped write an amicus brief on Kuehne?s case for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said he was optimistic that Cooke?s rulings will be upheld...

Let's Get Physical!

Posted on September 23, 2009
Hey, what do you know -- my friend Greg Ward is now a fitness instructor in the evening:Ask a worker why they haven't exercised and the answer almost is automatic: I don't have time. It's the reason why more Americans desperately are turning to diet pills...

3d DCA Watch -- "Sword-Wielders" vs. "Prime Movers" Edition

Posted on September 23, 2009
Hi kids, well the sun is shining, the per curiams are flowing, and thus all is well in my world.Before we jump right in and drink deeply from the sweet judicial well of written utterances, I note that there is yet another revised set of directions for getting to the relocated 3d DCA for oral argument...

Your Obligatory Iqbal Update and Other Random Items.

Posted on September 22, 2009
Hi, did you know that in just four months Iqbal has already produced more than 1500 district court and 100 appellate decisions?Hmm, if Iqbal were a type of bread, what type would it be?Ok, let me translate it into something even you ham-and-schleppers can understand -- Iqbal is like the Lindsay Lohan of Supreme Court opinions -- a once promising young talent who has descended into a desperate drug-induced haze of oddball wildchild Scalia-like excess...

Glenn Garvin, Man of Peace.

Posted on September 22, 2009
Say what you want about the rest of Garvin's silly column today, but at least he ends with something I can agree with:The unavoidable fact is that there is a rich history of violence on the fringes of both sides of the American political spectrum. The right, as liberals are fond of pointing out, has Timothy McVeigh and James Earl Ray...

How Not To Find Clients.

Posted on September 22, 2009
Jay Weaver reports on the latest alleged hospital records-purchasing scheme: Maria Victoria Suarez was added to an indictment that charges her and husband Ruben E. Rodriguez with paying a JMH ultrasound technician $1,000 a month for the hospital records of hundreds of patients treated for slip-and-fall accidents, car crash injuries, gunshot wounds and stabbings, federal authorities said...

Sew Sory Jugdge'; Eye Dont Spelle To Guude!

Posted on September 21, 2009
Ever have your pleadings redlined by a federal judge?You have if you are Daytona lawyer David W. Glasser, who unfortunately ran straight into the red, rich and flowing editing pen of Middle District Judge Gregory A. Presnell.You can see the judge's handiwork here...

Dear NFL, Welcome To State Court!

Posted on September 21, 2009
So I understand some football was played this weekend?And some more will be played tonight, it seems.Meanwhile the NFL is reeling from this 8th Circuit opinion released last week that allows players to challenge drug tests under their own state laws.Preemption is great! (Unless it's bad)...

SFL Friday Supplement -- It's 5770 Baby!

Posted on September 18, 2009
Ok, this time I really am heading off to launch my Days of Awe tour (btw, I have confirmed that dry gin is 100% parve) but before I go I wanted to mention a few things.Did you all see that Joe DeMaria filed what looks like a pretty good lawsuit (if he can prove up the damages)?And Debevoise, who is not (yet) named in Joe's suit, has its own worries...

SFL Friday -- Happy Rosh Hashanah, You Plebes!

Posted on September 18, 2009
Well kids it's that time of the year again, when God opens up that big book of names, and he's making a list, and he's checking it twice, and he's gonna find out who's naughty or nice...Oops, wrong holiday.I'm in the middle of David Cross' hilarious new book, I Drink For A Reason, so believe me I understand the problems rational folks have with religion...

Don't Blame Us -- Blame Romeo The "Rogue" Lawyer.

Posted on September 17, 2009
For all you Becker & Poliakoff fans, there is this:A West Palm Beach woman said she was victimized by BellSouth when she worked for the phone company, and then victimized again by her own attorneys, who messed up her case and hid the mistake from her until it was too late...

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