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6 Aug 2008, 4:26 pm
Today's New York Times reveals that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is an investor in Counsel Financial, the litigation finance outfit, thus multiplying his potential conflicts of interest as Albany's leading guardian of Litigation Lobby interests. [read post]
6 Aug 2008, 3:23 pm
In an interesting piece from the usually liberal and pro-trial lawyer NY Times, a political investigative segment was published today on the relationship that NY Assemblyman and speaker Sheldon Silver has with Counsel Financial, one of the biggest legal finance firms in the business and one with ties to some of the bigger structured settlement firms in our industry. [read post]
6 Aug 2008, 9:14 am
I read the article in today's New York Times, front page of Metro above the fold, about New York State Assembly Leader Sheldon Silver and his loans to a company that finances personal injury attorneys. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 2:21 pm
I just came back from the courtroom where the matter of Judith Kaye (NYS Chief Judge) against Sheldon Silver (Speaker of Assembly) is being argued. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 8:06 am
Assembly Speaker Held Not Liable for Sex Case Settlement Involving Former Chief Counsel
New York Law Journal
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver cannot be held personally liable for a $500,000 settlement the state reached with an Assembly staffer involved in a sexual encounter with Silver's former chief counsel, J. [read post]
14 May 2008, 1:42 pm
Cuomo (Contact), Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (Email), Senate Deputy Majority Leader Dean Skelos (Contact), Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith (Contact) and Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco (Email) as he signed legislation designed to protect children who access social networking sites from convicted sex offenders. [read post]
1 May 2008, 11:28 pm
This money quote comes from the Post article: "I think the speaker is a slug," said Cattaraugus County Judge Larry Himelein, a Democrat who said he couldn't be fair to Silver's firm. [read post]
1 May 2008, 9:03 pm
Contriving to give Sheldon Silver the moral high ground: NY judges steamed at lack of raises are retaliating against Albany lawmakers' law firms [NY Post and editorial. [read post]
12 Apr 2008, 9:54 am
The defendants are Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Paterson and the state of New York.Here is extensive NY Times coverage of the lawsuit. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 5:50 pm
Kaye, as Chief Judge of the State of New York, has filed a lawsuit against Sheldon Silver and The New York State Assembly, Joseph L. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 1:10 pm
Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno to the stand to have them explain why pay increase bills for judges have repeatedly been held up by disagreements on unrelated issues. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 6:21 am
/Kaye-v-Silver.pdfThe suit names Sheldon Silver, head of the Assembly, Joe Bruno, head of the Senate, David Paterson, our newly minted Governor, and, of course, the State of New York.According to the suit, "no other state or federal judges anywhere in the United States have gone longer without an increase in their compensation -- not even a cost of living adjustment. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 3:21 am
., Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver) to kill the plan for "congestion pricing" in mid-to-lower Manhattan without even a floor vote. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 7:57 am
"And then we're going to call [Assembly] Speaker [Sheldon] Silver to the stand, and we're going to call Sen. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 2:19 pm
Letter to New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Bruno From Gov. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 9:21 pm
In one of the last and desperate rounds of the end game, a top Spitzer administration official reached out to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver â [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 1:17 pm
Can you guess who Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has picked as a member of a state panel that screens appellate and other judges? [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 5:25 am
Sheldon Silver - Speaker, New York State Assembly Marianne Spraggins - Attorney and President of Buy Hold America Irene Stein - Chair, Tompkins County Democratic Committee Sylvia Tokasz - Coordinator of health care quality improvement for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Western NY; Secretary of the National Federation for Just Communities of Western NY Randi Weingarten - President, United Federation of Teachers Robert Zimmerman - Longtime Democratic activist Members of Congress: 25New… [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 4:37 am
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver expects the measure to be approved in the Assembly, Sisa Moyo, a spokeswoman, said. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 9:24 pm
It also agreed to lead a nationwide effort to develop technology to verify the ages and identities of Internet users, officials announced Monday.The Cuomo bill now goes to the State Assembly, where the speaker, Sheldon Silver, has announced his support. [read post]
