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…certain now-stricken allegations in the action styled Jane Doe, et al. v. United States of America, No. 08- 80736 (S.D. Fla.) (the “Federal Action”). After Dershowitz defended himself to the media, Edwards and Cassell sued Dershowitz for defamation. The falsity of Roberts’s alleg...

…e. Each of the following facts is numbered separately and individually to facilitate Epstein's required compliance with Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(c) ("The adverse party shall identify . . . any summary judgment evidence on which the adverse party relies."). All referenced exhibits an...

…ely prosecute and punish the conduct. See also Batchelder v. Gonzalez, No. 4:07-cv-00330-SPM- AK, 2007 WL 5022105 (N.D. Fla. Oct. 19, 2007). In fact, the opposite is true—the state-elected officials, cognizant of the local mores of the community, have a lauded history of just suc...

…ude a privilege log enabling us (and the court, if necessary) to assess the applicability of the privilege claimed. See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280(b)(5S). Under Florida law, "the burden is upon the party asserting a privilege to establish the existence of each element of the privilege...

…n & Martineau (Salt Lake City, Utah). *** Partner, Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). The authors thank Douglas Beloof, Patricia Cassell, Meg Garvin, Jay Howell, James Marsh, and Stephen Twist for their assistance with this Article. Highli...

…n & Martineau (Salt Lake City, Utah). *** Partner, Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). The authors thank Douglas Beloof, Patricia Cassell, Meg Garvin, Jay Howell, James Marsh, and Stephen Twist for their assistance with this Article. 59 60...

…e moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Sayer y. Cheezem Development Corp., 373 So. 2d 719, 720 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979); Rule 1.510(c), Fla. R, Civ. P. Once the moving party conclusively establishes that the nonmoving party cannot prevail, it is incumbent on the...

…the root of any decent system of ordered liberty…” Krauser v. Evolution Holdings, Inc., 975 F.Supp. 2d 1247, 1260 (S.D. Fla. 2013); quoting Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 24 n. 5 (1998) (Stevens, J., dissenting). 4 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 306 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/02/2...

…ip to proceeding, See Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., 639 So, 2d 606 (Fla. 1994). The immunity afforded to statements made during the course of a judicial proceeding extends not only to the parties in a proceeding but to judges, w...

… a claim of privilege or immunity for non-existent materials. Greenleaf v. Amerada Hess Corp., 626 So0.2d 263, 264 n.1 (Fla. 4° DCA 1993). We must assume that the privilege is asserted for a reason, i.e., that responsive and ostensibly privileged information in fact exists, else...

… practically required to do is to select the cases for prosecution and to select those in which the offense is the most flagrant, the public harm the greatest, and the proof the most certain." (quoting Robert H. Jackson, Attorney Gen. of the U.S., Address to the Second Annual Con...

…mselves provide that a deposition need only be “reasonably calculated to /ead to the discovery of admissible evidence.” Fla, R. Civ. P. 1.280(b) (emphasis added). Moreover, the discovery that Edwards pursued has to be considered against the backdrop of Epstein’s obstructionist t...

…; Ariz. Const. art. II, § 2.1; Cal. Const. art. I, §§12, 28; Colo. Const. art. II, § 16a ; Conn. Const. art. I, § 8(b); Fla. Const. art. I, § 16(b); Idaho Const. art. I, § 22; Ill. Const. art. I, § 8.1; Ind. Const. art. I, § 13(b); Kan. Const. art. 15, § 15; La. Const. art. 1, §...

…rk Int'l Corp., supra note 115. 192 See Criminal Information, United States v. Latin Node, Inc., No. 09-cr-20239 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 23, 2009), ECF No. 1, available at http:// www,justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa/cases/litton-ap plied/03-23- 09latinnode-info.pdf; eLandia Int'l Inc.,...

…ier of fact could possibly” reach a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Willingham v. City of Orlando, 929 So.2d 43, 48 (Fla. 5" Dist. Ct. App. 2006) (emphasis added). Given all of the inferences that are to be drawn against oe no reasonable finder of fact could conclude that Epst...