Comments on: Sheldon Silver and lawyers in politics https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/02/sheldon-silver-lawyers-politics/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: bean spout https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/02/sheldon-silver-lawyers-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-319104 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:06:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=51119#comment-319104 There is nothing unethical about a law firm paying a high profile personage to appear on its roster, to do little or nothing but add advertising glam, if the law firm thinks that will attract paying clients. Nonprofits play this game incessantly in their “Boards of Directors.” I have no love for Silver, but the closer you look at these charges the more they appear potentially bogus. Symbolic prosecution, once again, that will not fix the real underlying problems of corrupt and/or incompetent political actors making boatloads of bad law. It may however make a name for Preet Bharara as a crusader.

]]> By: DensityDuck https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/02/sheldon-silver-lawyers-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-318989 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:40:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=51119#comment-318989 Big money going to Senate members from business interests? I’m sure that we’ll hear all about “dark money” from the usual players.

Oh, who am I kidding? It doesn’t involve the Koch brothers so nobody cares. Besides, they were donating to Democrats so it was probably a good cause, right?

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