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1 Dec 2015, 7:22 am
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was expelled from the legislature on November 30, 2015, after being found guilty of abusing his power to collect over four million dollars in illegal bribes and kickbacks. [read post]
1 Dec 2015, 5:17 am
Sheldon Silver was one of the “three men in a room” that ran New York State. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 9:15 pm
Tags: New York, scandals, Sheldon SilverJury convicts Sheldon Silver on all charges in corruption trial is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 5:51 pm
Silver, who, during his more than two decades as speaker of the State Assembly, displayed a Teflon-like quality in deflecting questions about his outside income as well as calls for his ouster. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 5:16 pm
Longtime New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, was found guilty today by a Southern District of New York federal jury on corruption charges, including honest services theft and extortion under color of law. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 2:17 pm
[Federal Tax Blog] * A second juror in the Sheldon Silver case tries to get out of jury deliberations. [read post]
29 Nov 2015, 4:24 am
Defendants in such cases, on the other hand, such as former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, often object that they are being menaced with criminal sanctions for politics-as-usual doing of favors and constituent service, with the frequent additional suggestion that prosecution is selective and ginned up by opponents for purposes of criminalizing politics and destroying reputations in the media. [read post]
25 Nov 2015, 9:05 am
This juror is DONE with jury duty. [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 10:58 am
Silver’s three-week trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan; James M. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 7:58 pm
"At End of Sheldon Silver's Corruption Trial, the 'Law Guys' Take Over": Benjamin Weiser has this article in today's edition of The New York Times. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 11:21 am
” From the story, “At End of Sheldon Silver’s Corruption Trial, the ‘Law Guys’ Take Over”, by Benjamin Weiser: But it was clear late on Thursday, with the parties and the judge seated around a conference table and the jury not present, that Mr. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 9:05 pm
” David Lat covers the Federalist Society convention panel [Above the Law] Donald Trump’s fondness for legal threats can be traced back to his early association with infamous attorney Roy Cohn [Business Insider video with Michael D’Antonio; June 1989 Spy magazine “Those Who Can, Sue” noting the Trump/Cohn connection; a Steven Brill anecdote about Cohn and Ford Motor that I quoted in my first book] More: @andrewmgrossman on “Ex. 1 to defendant’s anti-SLAPP… [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 6:14 am
Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, long one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers, goes on trial first on charges he used his office to collect millions of dollars in kickbacks and bribes. [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 11:15 am
These attorneys tell us what they really think about the government's case. [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
., in upcoming asbestos-referral corruption trial of former New York assembly speaker Sheldon Silver [NY Post] Class action procedure: “Big Changes to Rule 23 in 2018? [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 9:05 pm
Attorney Bharara’s publicity tactics against Sheldon Silver strayed close to line [ruling via Ira Stoll] Suspending drivers licenses over unpaid tickets can push poor motorists into downward spiral [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Balko] Tags: crime and punishment, forensics, police, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sheldon Silver, traffic lawsCrime and punishment roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 2:27 pm
We've already discussed the horrible CFAA amendment, #2626, proposed by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. [read post]
28 May 2015, 9:05 pm
Home lab butane cannabis fatality: “The Hash Oil contributory negligence lawsuit you’ve all been waiting for” [Elie Mystal, Above the Law] With Sheldon Silver out of the speaker’s chair, New York has better chance at reducing sky-high litigation costs [Manhattan Institute, earlier on scaffold law] Per Norton Rose Fulbright annual business survey, responding companies more than twice as likely to be facing five or more lawsuits if based in U.S. than if… [read post]
15 May 2015, 4:52 am
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver stepped down from his leadership position early this year. [read post]
14 May 2015, 4:43 am
Skelos’ resignation comes just weeks after the resignation of Sheldon Silver, former Speaker of the Assembly, following Silver’s arrest on similar charges. [read post]
