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  COMING THURSDAY: It was 1962. Kennedy was President. Castro was settling in in Havana and Miami had a brand spanking new courthouse no one wanted to work in. 
  
  
  If you're under 40- go away. Go tweet or Facebook or get a latte at starbucks. This isn't for you. 
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• Limited Registry Act II

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  What were you doing when the great and unexpected Saturday-FACDL Listserv-Limited Registry kerfuffle erupted?  Were you watching the olympics, grilling some ribs, or emerging from the shadows of some cheap yet thrilling Saturday afternoon assignation? 
  For those of you who wear robes (and are thus not allowed to receive Listserv [...]
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• NO REFUNDS NO EXCHANGES

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  There's something vaguely disconcerting about this. Fox guarding the henhouse type of scenario. But that being said,  the other day brought  this news from the Statewide president of the FACDL ("pay your dues!!")
  
  
  
  

  I am happy to announce that this morning the Florida Bar Rules Committee unanimously [...]

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• ZLOCKED

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  South Florida Lawyers reported on how the State Attorney was Zlocked ( (c) Justice Building Blog 2012, all rights reserved) in her recent lawsuit to open up the August 14 "primary". 
  
  
  Trivia question: which current circuit court judge was reported to the bar by then chief judge [...]
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• SUMMER CLEANING

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  Your Florida Marlins packed it in this year, trading former NL batting champ Hanley Raminrez to the Dodgers and Anibel Sanchez and Omar Infante to the Tigers. We think they pulled the trigger too soon. 
  Teams can make comebacks. 
  
  
  Speaking of comebacks,  this documentary is about supermodels [...]
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• LESS IS MORE?

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  QUICK TUESDAY UPDATE: Both South Florida and DOM cover the Gene Stearns win in the 11th circuit for Bank Atlantic. DOM argues before the 11th Circuit in Miami this week. Perhaps today? 
  The NCAA slapped Penn State hard yesterday. It will be 2022 before the football program full recovers from [...]
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• CAN'T BAN THE GUNS DON'T YOU KNOW

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  Before we begin in earnest, a jolly good show by golfer Ernie Els who won the national championship (British Open to y'all) at Royal Lytham & St. Annes in Lancashire.  Mr. Els won his second national championship ten years and one day after he won his first, and he becomes one' [...]
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• ANOTHER SHOE

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  "Downtown boys they talk so pretty, 
  It's so hard to be a saint in the city."
  Bruce Springsteen, It's Hard to be a Saint in the City. 
  
  
  When scandals like this happen there is always a natural inclination to believe that there is more to come.  Some sources [...]
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• REFERRALS

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  SEE OUR UPDATE BELOW:
  Sorry to step on the Captain's toes, but this is breaking......
  DADE BAILIFF OLGA DURAND ARRESTED. 
  Time was when a young ASA or PD, upon leaving their office, needed a few things to set up shop and get into business: 
  An office ( âœ”); an easy to' [...]
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• DCBA JUDICIAL POLL - YOUR BEST & WORST

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  THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
  
  YOUR ANNUAL BEST AND WORST JUDGES LIST IS OUT, AKA THE DCBA JUDICIAL POLL ......
  
  In this year's version, 13,152 members of the DCBA were asked to send in their ballots rating our Circuit and County Court judges, (those up for election), and the' [...]
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