South Florida Law Blog

I’m not one for fairy tales, for shining white knights, and magical rescues. I’m not cynical, but I am a realist. When it comes to fixing the housing market, and righting the wrongs of the fraud-closure crisis, there is no magic wand. If you’re waiting for the government ‘cavalry’ to ride in and make everything alright, I’m sad to say […]

To Tell the Truth was one of my favorite TV game shows when I was a kid. If you are not familiar with it, during each episode a panel of celebrities would try to correctly identify a contestant with a special talent. The contestant was mixed in with two impostors who pretended to be the contestant. Now the contestant was […]

Dear Mr. President: As you know historically, since the great depression, refinancing mortgages has been this country’s exit strategy when it comes to pulling us out of the economic ditch. So it’s nice to see that you are now pushing Congress to pass refinancing reform. It’s the most effective and efficient way to craft a bailout that actually helps everyone. […]

Follow the smart money. Armchair pundits, present company included, will continue to analyze the long term impact of the initial poor performance of the long anticipated Facebook IPO. You will hear how it has further eroded confidence in Wall Street and American style capitalism, which it has. The Facebook IPO only reaffirms what many smart, wealthy and Main Street investors […]

My son just finished US history AP as did many high schoolers around the country. We discussed how many years it takes to know if a certain event is historical. The answer is usually around five. For example history textbooks now cover September 11th and Obama’s historic election. The Great Recession, however, that started before the Obama Presidency is still […]

I foolishly hoped the Facebook IPO might actually bring some confidence back to Wall Street. What was I thinking? Turns out it’s just another example of how the soulless Wall Street culture is destroying American style capitalism. We have barely gotten past JP Morgan Chase’s $3 billion catastrophe, and the outrage over their foolish decisions, but here we are again. […]

When I was a kid growing up in the Bronx the U.S. Supreme Court always seemed to be above reproach. Maybe my friends and I were naive, but I think maybe times have really changed. The Supreme Court, once a glaring symbol of constitutional democracy, has now been pulled into the day to day mudslinging of the political process. To […]

Well the dog-and-pony show that was JP Morgan Chase shareholders meeting came and went. If you blinked, you probably missed it. Jamie Dimon’s heart-to-heart with his shareholders lasted a whopping 50 minutes on Tuesday. Apparently that was all the time he felt he needed to trot out the same apology speech he gave on Meet the Press, and then duck […]