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MAN BITES DOG

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

The Herald reports here that a man robbed a Wachovia bank on Tuesday. Not included in the article was the fact that he got away with 150 million in bad loans and as a result Wachovia's stock was actually up two points in trading on news of the robbery. "A few more of these and we can start returning government bail-out money" a bank VP was overheard saying. SHOES:No reports yet on whether prompt action from our local branch of the FACDL has caused the highly trained courthouse security personnel at the Coral Gables Branch court to stop making lawyer Tom Risivy remove his shoes at the security screening. The FACDL has however promised to quickly address the new Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona  "as soon as we finish reading it."JACKETS AND TIES:Add  "sopping wet from the rain" and "heavy humidity" to the previous reasons why it's just plain dumb to require only half the lawyers in court to dress as if it were winter outside...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).