659 ABA Journal 11th Circuit Court articles.
In closing arguments in a Miami courtroom yesterday, a federal prosecutor called Jose Padilla the “star recruit” of a terrorism support cell that included his two co-defendants.
Assistant U.S. Attorney…
Aug 14, 2007 12:31 PM CDT
Southern Florida lawyers are supporting a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale who was accused of bias stemming from his religious beliefs.
U.S. District Judge William Zloch last month denied a…
Aug 13, 2007 2:18 PM CDT
We’ve written about the virtual online world of Second Life—how lawyers take on second identities there, find business and create legal guidelines…
Aug 10, 2007 6:09 PM CDT
A widow’s legal dispute with employees who worked in her husband’s Miami law office has taken a new turn.
The office manager and bookkeeper, Sara San Martin, has been charged…
Aug 2, 2007 12:10 PM CDT
Defense lawyers for Jose Padilla don’t plan to call any witnesses.
That means a Miami jury could soon begin deliberations in the trial of Padilla and two co-defendants, accused of…
Aug 1, 2007 2:25 PM CDT
A 26-year-old U.S. Army Reserve sergeant facing his fifth war-zone deployment has been given a reprieve after he filed suit in federal court in Florida.
Erik Botta contended that the…
Jul 31, 2007 7:37 PM CDT
A federal lawsuit filed in Florida is reportedly the first litigation over a July 17 airline crash in Sao Paulo that killed 199 people in the worst aviation disaster in…
Jul 31, 2007 6:59 PM CDT
A federal prosecutor in Alabama has declined a federal judge’s suggestion that she should prosecute Richard Scruggs, a prominent Mississippi plaintiffs lawyer, for contempt of court.
U.S. Attorney Alice Martin…
Jul 26, 2007 5:43 PM CDT
A defense expert at Jose Padilla’s terrorism trial testified yesterday that government translators were wrong about purported terrorist code words.
The government contended “tourism” meant jihad, “eggplants” referred to rocket-propelled…
Jul 24, 2007 3:08 PM CDT
War-torn Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a labor union member: Well over 2,000 trade unionists have been killed there since 1991, according…
Jul 13, 2007 6:59 PM CDT
Cockfighting will soon be illegal in all 50 states. A bill banning the sport in Louisiana, the only state where it is currently legal, was signed yesterday by the state…
Jul 13, 2007 5:56 PM CDT
Home Depot is defending 31 product liability suits that contend an aerosol grout sealer caused serious lung damage.
Also named in the suits are five companies that manufactured and distributed…
Jul 12, 2007 1:08 PM CDT
Broadcasters of cockfights and dog fights are challenging a federal law that bars depictions of animal cruelty for commercial gain.
In a case pending before a federal appeals court in…
Jul 11, 2007 5:05 PM CDT
Companies defending lawsuits by union workers seeking pay for the time it takes to change into protective work clothes may be rethinking their legal strategies.
That’s the conclusion of a…
Jul 5, 2007 8:32 PM CDT
One date that’s on almost every federal judge’s calendar this summer is the meeting of his or her circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, at which trial and appellate…
Jul 1, 2007 7:04 PM CDT
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