Dozens arrested in sex trafficking crackdown over F1 race week. [RJ]
In a move certain to generate work for lawyers, Miriam Adelson intends to buy majority ownership in the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. [TNI; RJ]
Cyberattack affecting Las Vegas real estate deals. [RJ]
One of our readers wants to know if they are the only one that has trouble hearing judges in the courtroom? What do you think? Are judges soft spoken? Do the sound systems suck? Does our reader need to get hearing aids?
Another commenter from yesterday’s post said a judge “said that the EJDC is going back to mandatory in-person appearances for substantive motions (which motions are substantive was not defined). Anyone hear anything about this?”
I need to blow steam. Our case involves case terminating sanctions that were entered. The Order states Answers stricken and Default entered. We noticed up the Default Judgment. Court is declining to enter default judgment because there is no “Clerk’s Default.” We patiently explained to the judge that the Clerk’s Office issues defaults for non-appearances but that the Clerk’s Office will not enter the pro forma default when there is case-terminating sanctions. Judge said unless the Clerk’s Office issues the default that there is no default.
Let me guess… This is one of those fine PDs who has absolutely no civil experience.
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Slick Willy
November 29, 2023 11:22 am
These cyberattacks are picking up in steam. Airliners, healthcare industry, education, financial sector, etc. The implications of these attacks have been substantial and are not going away any time soon. We really need to ramp up our country’s cyber security capabilities to counteract the damage being done by agents of Russia, China, North Korea, et al. before they do some irreparable damage. It’s truly only a matter of time before one of them hacks an electrical grid in the US and holds it hostage until payment is made.
My understanding is that the dark forces of the US government are the biggest cyber criminals in the world, including routinely hacking our own individual and corporate citizens.
Edward Snowden warned us years ago and it has gotten worse since then. Some suggest there will a surprise increase in “foreign” hacking leading up to the 2024 election. We will see. Crossing my fingers that Tylertech stays safe. Gotta make a living.
For what it is worth, I have seen a huge uptick in phishing emails.
I absolutely believe that. The surveillance state in the US is still very much alive and well. It’s disgusting what our government has done and continues to do to people like Snowden and Assange. But we’d be smart not to discount the rising capabilities of Russia, Iran and the like. They’re pouring resources into unofficial “off the books” hacker groups that run like Fortune 500 companies around the clock. These groups will stop at nothing to steal as much IP and sensitive information as possible. It goes far beyond just military secrets.
Several judges have made that comment re substantive motions, usually after the hearing has started. Of course there’s no guidance on what they think is substantive and there’s no consistency across the district. And so it goes…
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Anonymous
November 29, 2023 12:34 pm
This Adelson Dallas Mavericks deal on the heels of the announcement that Mark Cuban is leaving Shark Tank.
Could this be a real predecessor event to LV obtaining an NBA team?
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Anonymous
November 29, 2023 1:18 pm
I think that a lot of the judges just don’t bother to speak up. They can’t always tell if you can hear them, but they can hear you so that is all they care about. That’s what thing I like about bluejeans–I can almost always hear the judge.
Peterson will shriek at you if she cannot hear you (even though everyone on BlueJeans can hear you just fine). Kishner is also very short-tempered about Blue Jeans.
Some of you other old folks may remember Judge Guy. He was a wonderful person and jurist; a veteran and a civil rights icon. But… you could not understand a single word he was saying on the bench. You sort of had to reach a gentleman’s agreement with opposing counsel as to what you both believed he said, so that an order could be drafted.
Ah, yes… I remember as a new associate walking out his courtroom following the hearing of a motion know knowing if I had won or lost. I could barely hear him, and what I did hear, I couldn’t understand. I had to call the clerk to figure out what had happened.
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Anonymous
November 29, 2023 4:55 pm
Anyone else having trouble locating old postings from August 2023? I looked through the website, but it looks like the dates jump from February to September 2023. I hoped to find old comments re: family court sealing from the August 2023 change. Thanks.
Hi! Thanks for pointing this out. I’m not sure what’s going on with the historical posts from March – September 2023, but we’re looking into it and will hopefully have it fixed soon.
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Anonymously happy
November 30, 2023 10:43 am
The issue is verizon is getting rid of bluejeans as a service so the 8th jd has to find an alternative service but hasn’t yet. Not clear why they can’t use zoom like fed court.
I need to blow steam. Our case involves case terminating sanctions that were entered. The Order states Answers stricken and Default entered. We noticed up the Default Judgment. Court is declining to enter default judgment because there is no “Clerk’s Default.” We patiently explained to the judge that the Clerk’s Office issues defaults for non-appearances but that the Clerk’s Office will not enter the pro forma default when there is case-terminating sanctions. Judge said unless the Clerk’s Office issues the default that there is no default.
Don’t swim upstream, just submit your request for default to the clerk (with a copy of the court minutes insisting)
Agree with Billy Boy.
Let me guess… This is one of those fine PDs who has absolutely no civil experience.
These cyberattacks are picking up in steam. Airliners, healthcare industry, education, financial sector, etc. The implications of these attacks have been substantial and are not going away any time soon. We really need to ramp up our country’s cyber security capabilities to counteract the damage being done by agents of Russia, China, North Korea, et al. before they do some irreparable damage. It’s truly only a matter of time before one of them hacks an electrical grid in the US and holds it hostage until payment is made.
My understanding is that the dark forces of the US government are the biggest cyber criminals in the world, including routinely hacking our own individual and corporate citizens.
Edward Snowden warned us years ago and it has gotten worse since then. Some suggest there will a surprise increase in “foreign” hacking leading up to the 2024 election. We will see. Crossing my fingers that Tylertech stays safe. Gotta make a living.
For what it is worth, I have seen a huge uptick in phishing emails.
I absolutely believe that. The surveillance state in the US is still very much alive and well. It’s disgusting what our government has done and continues to do to people like Snowden and Assange. But we’d be smart not to discount the rising capabilities of Russia, Iran and the like. They’re pouring resources into unofficial “off the books” hacker groups that run like Fortune 500 companies around the clock. These groups will stop at nothing to steal as much IP and sensitive information as possible. It goes far beyond just military secrets.
What does Elon Musk think?
https://twitter.com/TheBTCTherapist/status/1730006597936587103
Several judges have made that comment re substantive motions, usually after the hearing has started. Of course there’s no guidance on what they think is substantive and there’s no consistency across the district. And so it goes…
This Adelson Dallas Mavericks deal on the heels of the announcement that Mark Cuban is leaving Shark Tank.
Could this be a real predecessor event to LV obtaining an NBA team?
I think that a lot of the judges just don’t bother to speak up. They can’t always tell if you can hear them, but they can hear you so that is all they care about. That’s what thing I like about bluejeans–I can almost always hear the judge.
I cannot hear Krall when I am in court. She needs to speak up.
Peterson will shriek at you if she cannot hear you (even though everyone on BlueJeans can hear you just fine). Kishner is also very short-tempered about Blue Jeans.
Well, as a loud talker myself, I never have this problem.
Just know when to shut up.
Some of you other old folks may remember Judge Guy. He was a wonderful person and jurist; a veteran and a civil rights icon. But… you could not understand a single word he was saying on the bench. You sort of had to reach a gentleman’s agreement with opposing counsel as to what you both believed he said, so that an order could be drafted.
Ah, yes… I remember as a new associate walking out his courtroom following the hearing of a motion know knowing if I had won or lost. I could barely hear him, and what I did hear, I couldn’t understand. I had to call the clerk to figure out what had happened.
Anyone else having trouble locating old postings from August 2023? I looked through the website, but it looks like the dates jump from February to September 2023. I hoped to find old comments re: family court sealing from the August 2023 change. Thanks.
Hi! Thanks for pointing this out. I’m not sure what’s going on with the historical posts from March – September 2023, but we’re looking into it and will hopefully have it fixed soon.
The issue is verizon is getting rid of bluejeans as a service so the 8th jd has to find an alternative service but hasn’t yet. Not clear why they can’t use zoom like fed court.
There’s apparently some person in IT who doesn’t like Zoom. That’s what I’ve been told.
It’s anti-Chinese racism in full action. They can use Google meeting (CIA approved) or MS Teams (WEF certified).