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December 21, 2007 |

Judge-Blasting Lawyer Fights Investigation

Do lawyers check their free speech rights at the courthouse steps? That's exactly what some are wondering after it was disclosed that a criminal defense attorney is facing Florida bar ethics charges for critical comments he posted on a blog about a controversial Broward, Fla., judge.
7 minute read
August 19, 2010 |

Fla. Bar Website Rules Face Challenge in State High Court

Proposed Florida Bar rules for web advertising would require law firms to redo websites, push clients to law firms in other states, and violate the First Amendment. Those are a few of the objections that eight large law firms submitted to the Florida Supreme Court in a 66-page comment.
4 minute read
October 03, 2011 |

Justice Watch: Trial tests assumptions about prisoners, guards

Four state prison guards assigned to a Doral facility face trial today in a case brought by the Justice Department for allegedly violating the civil rights of violent juveniles convicted as adults.
5 minute read
September 21, 2009 |

Hearings this week to decide if Kuehne defense will wash

The money-laundering case against Miami attorney Ben Kuehne has not gone as planned. The Justice Department tries to regain its footing this week with appellate arguments challenging two decisions.
5 minute read
November 19, 2009 |

Prying into a teen's private pages

A teenager is suing a school after being bullied by a group of girls at the school and getting expelled for unexcused absences due to the emotional distress of the harassment, she claims. Part of her argument about the bullying is based on her Facebook postings and e-mails.
4 minute read
April 21, 2010 |

Judge to rule on letting media witness pretrial questioning

News media and bankruptcy attorneys told a judge that reporters should be allowed to attend pretrial questioning of those connected to Scott Rothstein's firm.
4 minute read
February 16, 2010 |

In Rare Move, Judge Takes Case From Jury, Acquits Former Stanford Workers

In the first criminal trial tied to the stunning collapse of Stanford Financial Group, a federal judge, in an unusual move, cut off jury deliberations and granted acquittals to two employees accused of shredding documents in the alleged $7 billion fraud. Visiting Senior Judge Richard Goldberg said the evidence was lacking to support a conviction of Stanford global security chief Thomas Raffanello and technology officer Bruce Perraud. In an era of supersized fraud, legal observers said the call was a gutsy and bold one.
4 minute read
August 11, 2008 |

Vetting Jurors via MySpace

As personal information becomes more widely available on blogs, MySpace, Facebook and other social networking Web sites, the Internet has become an important tool for jury consultants and trial lawyers. Such sites are a treasure trove of information about potential and seated jurors that can be used in picking the right jurors, bouncing potential jurors and even influencing jurors during trial and in closing arguments. Jury consultants have begun turning to private investigators, some of whom have started niche businesses offering Internet jury research and "personality profiling" of jurors.
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