Comments on: Un-forthcoming Schneiderman loses another round to CEI https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/05/un-forthcoming-schneiderman-loses-another-round-to-cei/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 08 May 2018 06:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: David C https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/05/un-forthcoming-schneiderman-loses-another-round-to-cei/comment-page-1/#comment-348730 Tue, 08 May 2018 06:44:53 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=70453#comment-348730 In reply to gitarcarver.

Who pays doesn’t change just because he resigned later.

]]> By: gitarcarver https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/05/un-forthcoming-schneiderman-loses-another-round-to-cei/comment-page-1/#comment-348725 Tue, 08 May 2018 02:43:27 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=70453#comment-348725 So now that Schneiderman has resigned in light of a “physical abuse scandal,” is he on the hook for the fees personally?

Or is the Office of the Attorney General (also known as the taxpayers) on the hook?

See: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse

]]> By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/05/un-forthcoming-schneiderman-loses-another-round-to-cei/comment-page-1/#comment-348722 Mon, 07 May 2018 13:10:36 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=70453#comment-348722 They are courts of law, so they have to follow the law–but it is tough to swallow seeing government entities that flout all sorts of rules getting the benefit of courts turning square corners.

]]> By: Ilya S. https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/05/un-forthcoming-schneiderman-loses-another-round-to-cei/comment-page-1/#comment-348719 Mon, 07 May 2018 05:02:06 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=70453#comment-348719 A shame they reduced the award and that it had to happen under FOIL, which people can dismiss as normal government practice. Schneiderman needs a black eye the public will pay attention to.

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