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• Monday morning...

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  Feels like summer is here, no?
  SFL already has posted on the FBA BABC. It was a good event. Tons of people showed up, and most of the judges were there. Big shout out to Adam Rabin and Brian Spector for their hard work. [...]
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• We miss you Paris

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  She wasn't in court today for a follow-up hearing on her case before Judge Moreno. The AP covers the hearing here. See everyone tomorrow at the Doral for the Bench & Bar conference. UPDATE -- Even though Paris wasn't in court today, Dan Marino [...]
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• Judge Kozinski says we need cameras in the courtroom

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  And I wholeheartedly agree. From the Above the Law post on his comments:
  
  Kozinski started his talk by going over some of the arguments he has made before [PDF] in support of cameras (e.g., studies show cameras don’t affect the proceedings, quoting his “old boss” Warren [...]
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• More associates charged...

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  ...but this time it isn't Rothstein's people; it's Lew Freeman's. Here's the information charging Jose Wong and Steven Jockers. Like Rothstein's COO, they are charged in an information, which is a clear sign that they've already cut a deal. According to the USAO press release:
  
  Jose Wong' [...]
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• Happy 50th...

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  ... to SG Elena Kagan (soon to be Justice Kagan?). If you haven't been over to ScotusBlog recently, you should check it out. They have been doing incredible in-depth reports on the short-listers for Justice Stevens' seat. Here's one example -- an interesting post about how Stevens won a [...]
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• Scott Rothstein's right-hand charged

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  Chief operating officer Debra Villegas was charged Tuesday with conspiring to launder money from his massive investment racket (via Miami Herald). Here's the indictment which got assigned to Judge Zloch.
  
  UPDATE -- an astute reader points out that it's an information, not an indictment, and that it [...]
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• Now that Manuel Noriega ...

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  ... is gone (on a plane to France), who is going to get that special wing in the prison, which has a TV, window, exercise equipment and a phone? [...]
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• “These two judges are fed up with the government’s efforts to clean up the Everglades.”

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  Nothing like a good Guy Lewis quote on Monday Morning. He's talking about Judges Moreno and Gold. He continues: “You’ve got two of the finest judges in the district, and both are as patient as Job, and they have come to the conclusion that enough is enough.”
  
  The DBR [...]
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• "Anything is possible when a criminal defendant makes himself the government’s darling in an effort to obtain a reduced prison sentence."

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  That was Paul Calli in this morning's DBR discussing Scott Rothstein and his upcoming (but delayed) sentencing. More from Paul:
  
  Calli warned prosecuting a case built on the word of master criminals like Rothstein is especially unreliable. “You take a guy who is nothing but a con man [...]
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• Willy Ferrer confirmed

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  Congrats to him and 4 other new U.S. Attorneys. [...]
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