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• 3d DCA Watch -- Turnabout Is Fair Play?

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  We all know the bunker loves a good confession of error, but what if the bunker itself (a panel, anyway) kinda wants to also, sorta in a nice way without really saying so but really that old opinion sucks who the hail wrote that thing but anyway [...]
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• Your Tuesday Morning Digital Dump.

  Number of comments: 6
  
  Hi kids, day two of the school year -- is it almost over yet?
  
  Let's take a peek around the South Florida legal landscape:
  
  1.  Melanie Damian channels her inner Donald Rumsfeld:
  

  "What we don't know at this point is what we don't know," Damian [...]

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• Yes Virginia, the Twombly/Iqbal Pleading Standard Applies to FLSA Cases Too!

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  I see Judge Moreno had to explain -- again -- that the Supreme Court's imprecise pleading standard revision in Twombly/Iqbal (discussed or perhaps overdiscussed at length on this blog) cuts across all civil cases, even FLSA suits:
  

  As they did with their response to the first motion [...]

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• Turns Out You DO Work for the Firm!

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  Morning!
  
  Did you know you work in a soul-sucking business environment that encourages risk-taking on behalf of clients because your firm can make more money delaying resolution, bickering over stupid discovery disputes, and litigating everything until there's nothing left no matter how picayune?
  
  And that's coming [...]
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• Homophobe No Longer Above The Law

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  Heck, if Judge Turnoff can talk about assholes in open court, I figure its open season.
  
  
  Back in 2010, we covered the story of fired Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shrivel here. Andy, pictured above, abused his power and basically stalked, harassed and defamed a [...]
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• There Is a Giant Statute of the Ten Commandments Outside the Dixie County Courthouse!

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   There is so much wrong with this fact scenario I don't know where to begin:
  

  The dispute underlying this appeal concerns the constitutionality of a large religious statue that is located directly outside the courthouse in Dixie County, Florida (the “County”). The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida,' [...]

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• Spencer Aronfeld Brings You the Worst!

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  Ron Worst, that is.
  
  In other news, GB points out this gem from the Emmanuel Roy/Peter Mayas contempt proceedings before Magistrate Judge Turnoff:
  

  Then Mayas skipped a court hearing last week, in part he said, because he got sick after undergoing a colonoscopy. [...]

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• I'm Going to Graceland....

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  Yes, today marks the anniversary of Elvis' death and what better to mourn than with a free CLE on Elvis and the law:
  

  Legal Aid of East Tennessee will be offering a free continuing legal education course on Tuesday on Elvis Law. The state' [...]

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• 3d DCA Watch -- Confess Your Errors, My Son!

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  Boy we are really in the dog days of summer when the most exciting thing to come from the bunker is a confession of error:
  

  Based on Coconut Grove Bank’s proper and commendable confession of error, we reverse the order on appeal and remand with instructions to vacate [...]

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• Vote, You Plebes!

  Number of comments: 9
  
   For Melanie Damian to always appear on the front page of the DBR!
  
  What a glorious way to start the morning.
  
  She's going to be a very tough receiver -- she already hired a locksmith to open a safety deposit box and found [...]
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