Friday news and notes

1.  The results of the poll from a few days ago:

Would you spend 4+ days in solitary confinement without food, water, or a bathroom for $4 million? Selection   Votes  Yes, but not for less than $4 million  17% 10  Yes, I would do it for anything over $1 million  28% 16  No, but I would for $10 million  14% 8  No, I would never do it for any amount of money  41% 24  58 total  pollcode.com free polls

2.  Congrats to Guy Lewis and Mike Tein (and their lawyer Paul Calli)  -- the bar investigation is closed because there was no PC to proceed.  From the DBR:

 

A Florida Bar grievance committee has found no probable cause to pursue a complaint alleging Miami law partners Guy Lewis and Michael Tein lied about the source of their fees in a wrongful death case.
The Bar also confirmed it has opened an investigation into three of the firm's most vocal litigation opponents: Miami attorneys Bernardo Roman III, Jose "Pepe" Herrera and Ramon Rodriguez.

3.  The U.S. Attorney's Office issued this press release on the results of the pill-mill trial in front of Judge Marra. The headline boasts: "Jury Convicts Two Doctors of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering Resulting from Pill Mill Operation in Broward and Palm Beach Counties"   Here's the headline, however, from the Palm Beach Post: "Jury clears two local pill mill doctors of eight overdose deaths, convicts them of money laundering"   The AP headline: "Fla. MDs cleared of most serious pill mill charges:"   The Sun-Sentinel: "Doctors not guilty of most charges in pill mill case"   The blog has discussed USAO press releases before, and for the most part, they have gotten better, but this one seems to be misleading to me.