Comments on: FBI takes Sheldon Silver into custody

By: Sheldon Silver and lawyers in politics - Overlawyered

Sheldon Silver and lawyers in politics - Overlawyered — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 05:45:23 +0000

[…] on the Silver arrest here and here. More: “Tarnished Silver: Speaker’s arrest upends most everything in […]

By: Sheldon Silver's ethical train wreck - Overlawyered

Sheldon Silver's ethical train wreck - Overlawyered — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 17:45:05 +0000

[…] firms trade cash to doctors for mesothelioma referrals? [Alison Frankel/Reuters, Science magazine, earlier] And from the New York […]

By: CarLitGuy

CarLitGuy — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:23:43 +0000

Thank you for the reminder, yes New Orleans deserves a spot in the top 10. Sacramento, too. I still wonder if there is a common thread?

By: ras

ras — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 04:58:38 +0000

You’d prob wanna incl New Orleans, esp for the NOPD.

By: CarLitGuy

CarLitGuy — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:50:45 +0000

If we were to start putting U.S. cities in order of “perceived to be most corrupt”, would New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; and Detroit, MI top the list, or are there other cities in the running??? Assuming those cities do share that distinction, would lists from past decades look similarly? If so, are voters to blame, or???

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:39:25 +0000

I hope that Senator Gillibrand gets swept up in this. Her demand for the H.R.847 – James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 disgusted me.

By: Boblipton

Boblipton — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:58:01 +0000

I believe I speak for most New Yorkers when I admit that it’s not the corruption that bothers me. It’s the sanctimony.

Bob

By: University Diaries » Should you be in a mood, this morning, to feel really icky all over about American politicians…

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:25:14 +0000

[…] lucrative asbestos cases to Silver’s firm of Weitz & Luxenberg. The doctor is described as a “well-known expert” who “conducts mesothelioma research” and who had created a center at …by or before 2002 related to that subject. The doctor, not named in the complaint, “has entered […]

By: Sheldon Silver and the Price of Doing Science | The Moral Liberal | The Moral Liberal

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:01:38 +0000

[…] There must be a better way to fund scientific inquiry, and maybe that way involves less appropriation of tax moneys and more voluntary action. [adapted in part from a post at Overlawyered] […]

By: Allan

Allan — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:11:11 +0000

{snark on} Stop. This is another attempt to censor free speech. {snark off}