Great Whistleblower Blog on Department of Justice Fraud, Oversight, Lack of Staff to Look into Fraud Alerts, Corrupt Judges, Above the Law Judicial Cronies and Lots More...
"" ..site was created because in my opinion the False Claims Act and other remedies available to ordinary citizens to combat waste, fraud, special interests and abuse that is taking place in this country are a joke.
The Department of Justice takes less than 1% of the fraud cases presented to them due to lack of staff. If the case succeeds, the Department of Justice gets over 75% of the reward. It should be the other way around.
If the Department of Justice passes on the case i.e. it is so unconcerned with the defrauding of the American citizen, then the person who brought the fraud to the attention of society and risked his or her job, family, time and money to right the wrongs that the government created but refuses to fix should get 75% of the reward for their trouble.
I believe that the doctrine of sovereign immunity and qualified sovereign immunity is illegal, and that every judge who upholds the illegal doctrine of sovereign immunity be placed in jail for treason.
I also believe that any judge who interprets the 11th amendment as barring a person from suing the state in which he or she resides, be put in jail for treason and given remedial reading lessons because obviously the judge had trouble understanding the words the founders put in front of him or her.
Yes it is treason. Sovereign immunity is a doctrine based on English law that tried to make it into the Constitution 2x but was rejected by our founders both times. So the Judiciary did — illegally — what the founders refused to do which is to create a 2 tiered legal system where some people and entities are more equal than others.
In fact I don’t know why the Judiciary didn’t just rename America — Animal Farm. If you want a system that is just, then everyone must be subject to the same consequences for bad behavior.
The people who create the law in America have absolutely no right or authority to insulate themselves or other “special people” from the laws everyone is supposed to be subject to. America is a country by the people and for the people. I think our government and our judiciary would best remember that. ""
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
A Veteran Judge, Never a Prosecutor, Is Seen as Well Suited to Investigate the Governor - Judith S. Kaye - David A. Paterson - New York Courts
"" The new chief investigator who stepped into the spotlight in place of Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday was a judge for a quarter century, not only in title but also in temperament.
Cuomo Hands Paterson Case to an Ex-Judge
(March 12, 2010)
Times Topic: Judith S. Kaye
That, say people who know the state’s retired chief judge, Judith S. Kaye, may be a strong enough résumé point to make up for a lack of prosecutorial experience as she takes over the politically volatile investigation of Gov. David A. Paterson and his administration. In a long legal career, she never worked as a prosecutor.
But her appointment could add to the investigation’s credibility, said George Bundy Smith, who served with Judge Kaye as a judge on the state’s Court of Appeals until he retired in 2006. “She will be objective, and that is the main thing you look for in an investigation like this,” Judge Smith said.
In a statement on Thursday, Judge Kaye thanked Mr. Cuomo for entrusting her “with these serious and important matters.”
“I promise,” Judge Kaye added, “that the public will have a full, fair and independent accounting of the facts.”
Former prosecutors said that though Judge Kaye lacked a track record of making prosecution decisions herself, her career on the state’s highest court and, before that, as a litigator in civil cases, provided her with many of the skills needed to navigate not only the management but also the political sensitivities of the investigation.
“Regardless of what decision she reaches, her decision will be respected because of who she is and what she brings to the table,” said Alan Vinegrad, a former United States attorney in Brooklyn.
Judge Kaye, 71, was first appointed to the court in 1983 by the current attorney general’s father, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo.
She became chief judge in 1993 and was widely praised when she retired as the longest-serving chief judge in 2008.
Mr. Paterson said at the time that she would “go down in history as one of the greatest chief judges this state has ever had.”
Benito Romano, a former United States attorney in Manhattan, said that Judge Kaye’s reputation as a careful judge might be exactly what was needed to calm political anxieties. “It should provide people who are concerned about the decision being driven by politics with great reassurance,” Mr. Romano said.
On the court, Judge Kaye was considered liberal on some issues, including gay marriage and the death penalty. But she often sided with the prosecution in criminal cases and sometimes said that her rulings defied simplistic labels.
With a domestic-violence case as one of the aspects of the inquiry, some lawyers noted her history of interest in that issue. In her role as the chief officer of the sprawling state court system, she made it plain that she had a special commitment to working on the problems of domestic-violence victims.
She created special domestic-violence courts to provide victims with social and other services, saying that the complex cases required an integrated approach that went beyond the letter of the law.
Before she was named to the bench, Judge Kaye was a prominent civil litigator and the first female partner at Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O’Donnell & Weyher, which was one of the city’s blue-chip law firms.
Since she retired from the court, she has been at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
While there, she headed an investigation into the State University at Binghamton’s athletic scandals that was critical of officials for compromising standards when the school moved into major college athletics. ""
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/nyregion/12judge.html
Are You Kidding me, Judith Kaye Investigating anyone for anything is Riddled with Conflicts of Interest, Cronism, Favoritism, Political Ties, Political Favors and will certainly not be unbiased in any way what so ever in my opinion.
As I have been following the Iviewit Technologies Stolen Patent case and It seems to me that when Judith Kaye was Judge, the Criminal did as they pleased and that she allegedly covered up for Trillions of Dollars in Crimes that Proskauer Rose Law Firm was accused of, as in the Alleged Trillion Dollar Iviewit Technologies Stolen Patent.
Remember .. yes Judith Kaye is now a Widow, However, her then Husband was Stephen Kaye a Proskauer Rose Partner - and her whipping boy was Steven Krane.. big wig in New York Ethics and well THEY run New York along with the Connections at Proskauer Rose - which are connected to the Really Big Money and Political Ties and WELL - Judith S. Kaye will Certainly NOT Add ANY credibility to an investigation on ANYONE..
Who is George Bundy Smith... I mean Really.. he thinks Judith S. Kaye adds "Credibility" ARE YOU KIDDING... ???????????
I just see No Way that Judith Kaye adds ANY Credibility to this Investigation.. in My Opinion Judith Kaye .. Ex-Judges adds the Element of ... ok Whew not someone has my Back and I won't get into trouble.. Judge Judy will Hide my Ass and ALL will be Well...
didn't Judith S. Kaye Create that Athletic Scandal... or was some part of creating some smoke screen or diversion so the bad guy could get away.. hmmm.. I cannot keep up with the Alleged Corruption out of New York.. and where there is Alleged Corruption I cannot help but notice a Proskauer Rose Cronie Connection..
"greatest chief judge" "calm political anxieties"???? What a Crock !!!
other links for more information on Judith Kaye, Proskauer Rose and Iviewit Technologies..
http://nylaw.typepad.com/new_york_civil_law/2007/03/chief_judge_jud.html
www.Iviewit.TV
www.DeniedPatent.com
www.ProskauerSucks.com
posted here by
Crystal L. Cox
Investigative Blogger...
Cuomo Hands Paterson Case to an Ex-Judge
(March 12, 2010)
Times Topic: Judith S. Kaye
That, say people who know the state’s retired chief judge, Judith S. Kaye, may be a strong enough résumé point to make up for a lack of prosecutorial experience as she takes over the politically volatile investigation of Gov. David A. Paterson and his administration. In a long legal career, she never worked as a prosecutor.
But her appointment could add to the investigation’s credibility, said George Bundy Smith, who served with Judge Kaye as a judge on the state’s Court of Appeals until he retired in 2006. “She will be objective, and that is the main thing you look for in an investigation like this,” Judge Smith said.
In a statement on Thursday, Judge Kaye thanked Mr. Cuomo for entrusting her “with these serious and important matters.”
“I promise,” Judge Kaye added, “that the public will have a full, fair and independent accounting of the facts.”
Former prosecutors said that though Judge Kaye lacked a track record of making prosecution decisions herself, her career on the state’s highest court and, before that, as a litigator in civil cases, provided her with many of the skills needed to navigate not only the management but also the political sensitivities of the investigation.
“Regardless of what decision she reaches, her decision will be respected because of who she is and what she brings to the table,” said Alan Vinegrad, a former United States attorney in Brooklyn.
Judge Kaye, 71, was first appointed to the court in 1983 by the current attorney general’s father, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo.
She became chief judge in 1993 and was widely praised when she retired as the longest-serving chief judge in 2008.
Mr. Paterson said at the time that she would “go down in history as one of the greatest chief judges this state has ever had.”
Benito Romano, a former United States attorney in Manhattan, said that Judge Kaye’s reputation as a careful judge might be exactly what was needed to calm political anxieties. “It should provide people who are concerned about the decision being driven by politics with great reassurance,” Mr. Romano said.
On the court, Judge Kaye was considered liberal on some issues, including gay marriage and the death penalty. But she often sided with the prosecution in criminal cases and sometimes said that her rulings defied simplistic labels.
With a domestic-violence case as one of the aspects of the inquiry, some lawyers noted her history of interest in that issue. In her role as the chief officer of the sprawling state court system, she made it plain that she had a special commitment to working on the problems of domestic-violence victims.
She created special domestic-violence courts to provide victims with social and other services, saying that the complex cases required an integrated approach that went beyond the letter of the law.
Before she was named to the bench, Judge Kaye was a prominent civil litigator and the first female partner at Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O’Donnell & Weyher, which was one of the city’s blue-chip law firms.
Since she retired from the court, she has been at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
While there, she headed an investigation into the State University at Binghamton’s athletic scandals that was critical of officials for compromising standards when the school moved into major college athletics. ""
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/nyregion/12judge.html
Are You Kidding me, Judith Kaye Investigating anyone for anything is Riddled with Conflicts of Interest, Cronism, Favoritism, Political Ties, Political Favors and will certainly not be unbiased in any way what so ever in my opinion.
As I have been following the Iviewit Technologies Stolen Patent case and It seems to me that when Judith Kaye was Judge, the Criminal did as they pleased and that she allegedly covered up for Trillions of Dollars in Crimes that Proskauer Rose Law Firm was accused of, as in the Alleged Trillion Dollar Iviewit Technologies Stolen Patent.
Remember .. yes Judith Kaye is now a Widow, However, her then Husband was Stephen Kaye a Proskauer Rose Partner - and her whipping boy was Steven Krane.. big wig in New York Ethics and well THEY run New York along with the Connections at Proskauer Rose - which are connected to the Really Big Money and Political Ties and WELL - Judith S. Kaye will Certainly NOT Add ANY credibility to an investigation on ANYONE..
Who is George Bundy Smith... I mean Really.. he thinks Judith S. Kaye adds "Credibility" ARE YOU KIDDING... ???????????
I just see No Way that Judith Kaye adds ANY Credibility to this Investigation.. in My Opinion Judith Kaye .. Ex-Judges adds the Element of ... ok Whew not someone has my Back and I won't get into trouble.. Judge Judy will Hide my Ass and ALL will be Well...
didn't Judith S. Kaye Create that Athletic Scandal... or was some part of creating some smoke screen or diversion so the bad guy could get away.. hmmm.. I cannot keep up with the Alleged Corruption out of New York.. and where there is Alleged Corruption I cannot help but notice a Proskauer Rose Cronie Connection..
"greatest chief judge" "calm political anxieties"???? What a Crock !!!
other links for more information on Judith Kaye, Proskauer Rose and Iviewit Technologies..
http://nylaw.typepad.com/new_york_civil_law/2007/03/chief_judge_jud.html
www.Iviewit.TV
www.DeniedPatent.com
www.ProskauerSucks.com
posted here by
Crystal L. Cox
Investigative Blogger...
Top Judge Sets Liberal Course for New York - Jonathan Lippman - Judith Kaye - Proskauer Rose LLP - Iviewit Technologies - Connections and Affiliations
"" Gov. David A. Paterson nominated Jonathan Lippman to head the New York Court of Appeals in January 2009, making him the chief judge of the state.
The choice was a gamble: The judge, a longtime court administrator, did not have a long history of deciding cases, and there was almost no record of his political views.
Judge Jonathan Lippman has helped turn the Court of Appeals into a scrappier, more divided and more liberal panel, its rulings and court statistics show.
Now, a year in, the parameters of the Lippman court are coming into focus. He has helped turn the Court of Appeals into a scrappier, more divided and more liberal panel, its rulings and court statistics show.
To get the rulings he wants, the decisions show, the new chief judge has built alliances case by case with each of the four judges who were nominated by the last Republican governor, George E. Pataki, cracking the conservative majority.
The changes to the culture of the court, New York’s highest — which has sometimes been one of the most influential state courts in the country — are especially striking when Chief Judge Lippman’s approach is compared with the judicial style of his predecessor, Judith S. Kaye. She had prized unanimity.
In the past year, the court has issued a series of sharply divided decisions that have been surprising from a judicial body with a clear 4-to-3 conservative majority. They have included decisions favoring criminal defendants and injured workers, expanding environmental challenges and extolling individual rights against the police.
“The message he is sending is he doesn’t mind fighting for a much more progressive direction at the court,” Vincent M. Bonventre, a professor at Albany Law School who studies the court, said of Judge Lippman.
Though fiscal and political problems have plagued Mr. Paterson, a Democrat, Judge Lippman’s nomination may be one of his most enduring accomplishments in shaping policy. Judge Lippman, 64, does not reach mandatory retirement age until 2015.
Noting that the Supreme Court had yet to rule on questions presented by Global Positioning Systems, for example, the Court of Appeals ruled 4 to 3 that the State Constitution barred the police from placing GPS tracking devices on cars without a warrant.
A different Republican judge joined the three Democratic appointees in another divided ruling, this one striking down a youth curfew in Rochester as unconstitutional, though other courts around the country have approved such laws.
The Lippman court has also shifted ground on worker injury suits, saying that in the past the court too rigidly limited some of them. It has also signaled a new interest in arguments from criminal defendants, sharply increasing, at Judge Lippman’s urging, the number of appeals it is considering.
In an interview, Judge Lippman acknowledged that he had a different approach from that of Judge Kaye, a longtime collaborator in running the courts.
She was also nominated by a Democrat, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, but during her nearly 16 years as chief judge, she often worked for unified rulings.
“I am a result-oriented person,” Judge Lippman said, “and the result I am looking for is not necessarily unanimity.”
According to the court, unanimous rulings declined from about 82 percent during 2008, Judge Kaye’s final year, to 69 percent in Judge Lippman’s first year.
During Judge Kaye’s tenure, the court became more conservative partly because of the arrival of the four Pataki judges. Professor Bonventre, the Albany Law School expert, said that divided decisions became more common in Judge Kaye’s final years but that dissents increased further after Judge Lippman arrived.
The rulings indicate that on occasion, Judge Lippman has tailored his arguments to attract one of the four Pataki judges.
In a decision he wrote in September, the court waded into politics by overruling two lower courts that had said Mr. Paterson’s appointment of Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor was unlawful.
That view, Judge Lippman wrote, would “frustrate the work of the executive branch.”
It was an argument that seemed crafted to appeal to Judge Susan P. Read, a staunch conservative but a former top legal adviser to Governor Pataki, who was not shy about exerting executive authority. It was a party-line vote, except that Judge Read broke with the other Pataki appointees.
In the environmental case, Judge Lippman and the other two Democratic appointees aligned with two of the Republican-appointed judges, Victoria A. Graffeo, a onetime Republican legislative lawyer, and Robert S. Smith, who had sometimes expressed libertarian views.
The decision, written by Judge Smith, appeared to involve tradeoffs.
It tartly noted that the suit sought to kill a proposed hotel to protect obscure species, the Eastern spadefoot toad and the worm snake.
The hotel got a green light. But in the process, the case gave environmentalists one of their most important court victories in New York in nearly 20 years. The majority said a 1991 ruling of the court had been too narrowly applied to limit those who could bring such suits to immediate neighbors.
Stephen F. Downs, the lawyer for Save the Pine Bush, the Albany group that brought the suit, said someone on the bench seemed to be paying for an environmental victory with a defeat for the spadefoot toad. “My impression,” Mr. Downs said, “was there was a certain amount of horse trading that went on.”
That would be vintage Lippman, people who know him say. He was a get-things-done administrator, said a retired judge, Betty Weinberg Ellerin, who has known him throughout his 38-year legal career. ""
Source of Post
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/nyregion/18lippman.html
New York Court Corruption, Affiliations and Conflicts of Interest. Time for Accountability in the New York Courts. Time Whistleblowers were heard and time Proskauer Rose to be accountable for their actions. The Iviewit Stolen Patent Case has many players, however Proskauer Rose is the Patent Attorney that STOLE the Trillion Dollar Patent and Judge Judith Kaye and Her Connections to Proskauer Rose through her Husband.. Stephen Kaye made a Trillion Dollar Patent Theft such as the Eliot Bernstein and Iviewit Technologies Stolen Patent, seem like a Simple "Standard of Practice"...
Pay Attention Folks as more Unfolds on the Connections, Cronism and Conflicts of Interest of Proskauer Rose LLP - Ex-Judge Judith Kaye, Andrew Cuomo ( whose Father Appointed Judith Kaye) and how this all relates to court corruption in New York...
posted here by Investigative Blogger
Crystal L. Cox
More on the Iviewit Stolen Patent at
www.DeniedPatent.com and www.Iviewit.TV
The choice was a gamble: The judge, a longtime court administrator, did not have a long history of deciding cases, and there was almost no record of his political views.
Judge Jonathan Lippman has helped turn the Court of Appeals into a scrappier, more divided and more liberal panel, its rulings and court statistics show.
Now, a year in, the parameters of the Lippman court are coming into focus. He has helped turn the Court of Appeals into a scrappier, more divided and more liberal panel, its rulings and court statistics show.
To get the rulings he wants, the decisions show, the new chief judge has built alliances case by case with each of the four judges who were nominated by the last Republican governor, George E. Pataki, cracking the conservative majority.
The changes to the culture of the court, New York’s highest — which has sometimes been one of the most influential state courts in the country — are especially striking when Chief Judge Lippman’s approach is compared with the judicial style of his predecessor, Judith S. Kaye. She had prized unanimity.
In the past year, the court has issued a series of sharply divided decisions that have been surprising from a judicial body with a clear 4-to-3 conservative majority. They have included decisions favoring criminal defendants and injured workers, expanding environmental challenges and extolling individual rights against the police.
“The message he is sending is he doesn’t mind fighting for a much more progressive direction at the court,” Vincent M. Bonventre, a professor at Albany Law School who studies the court, said of Judge Lippman.
Though fiscal and political problems have plagued Mr. Paterson, a Democrat, Judge Lippman’s nomination may be one of his most enduring accomplishments in shaping policy. Judge Lippman, 64, does not reach mandatory retirement age until 2015.
Noting that the Supreme Court had yet to rule on questions presented by Global Positioning Systems, for example, the Court of Appeals ruled 4 to 3 that the State Constitution barred the police from placing GPS tracking devices on cars without a warrant.
A different Republican judge joined the three Democratic appointees in another divided ruling, this one striking down a youth curfew in Rochester as unconstitutional, though other courts around the country have approved such laws.
The Lippman court has also shifted ground on worker injury suits, saying that in the past the court too rigidly limited some of them. It has also signaled a new interest in arguments from criminal defendants, sharply increasing, at Judge Lippman’s urging, the number of appeals it is considering.
In an interview, Judge Lippman acknowledged that he had a different approach from that of Judge Kaye, a longtime collaborator in running the courts.
She was also nominated by a Democrat, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, but during her nearly 16 years as chief judge, she often worked for unified rulings.
“I am a result-oriented person,” Judge Lippman said, “and the result I am looking for is not necessarily unanimity.”
According to the court, unanimous rulings declined from about 82 percent during 2008, Judge Kaye’s final year, to 69 percent in Judge Lippman’s first year.
During Judge Kaye’s tenure, the court became more conservative partly because of the arrival of the four Pataki judges. Professor Bonventre, the Albany Law School expert, said that divided decisions became more common in Judge Kaye’s final years but that dissents increased further after Judge Lippman arrived.
The rulings indicate that on occasion, Judge Lippman has tailored his arguments to attract one of the four Pataki judges.
In a decision he wrote in September, the court waded into politics by overruling two lower courts that had said Mr. Paterson’s appointment of Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor was unlawful.
That view, Judge Lippman wrote, would “frustrate the work of the executive branch.”
It was an argument that seemed crafted to appeal to Judge Susan P. Read, a staunch conservative but a former top legal adviser to Governor Pataki, who was not shy about exerting executive authority. It was a party-line vote, except that Judge Read broke with the other Pataki appointees.
In the environmental case, Judge Lippman and the other two Democratic appointees aligned with two of the Republican-appointed judges, Victoria A. Graffeo, a onetime Republican legislative lawyer, and Robert S. Smith, who had sometimes expressed libertarian views.
The decision, written by Judge Smith, appeared to involve tradeoffs.
It tartly noted that the suit sought to kill a proposed hotel to protect obscure species, the Eastern spadefoot toad and the worm snake.
The hotel got a green light. But in the process, the case gave environmentalists one of their most important court victories in New York in nearly 20 years. The majority said a 1991 ruling of the court had been too narrowly applied to limit those who could bring such suits to immediate neighbors.
Stephen F. Downs, the lawyer for Save the Pine Bush, the Albany group that brought the suit, said someone on the bench seemed to be paying for an environmental victory with a defeat for the spadefoot toad. “My impression,” Mr. Downs said, “was there was a certain amount of horse trading that went on.”
That would be vintage Lippman, people who know him say. He was a get-things-done administrator, said a retired judge, Betty Weinberg Ellerin, who has known him throughout his 38-year legal career. ""
Source of Post
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/nyregion/18lippman.html
New York Court Corruption, Affiliations and Conflicts of Interest. Time for Accountability in the New York Courts. Time Whistleblowers were heard and time Proskauer Rose to be accountable for their actions. The Iviewit Stolen Patent Case has many players, however Proskauer Rose is the Patent Attorney that STOLE the Trillion Dollar Patent and Judge Judith Kaye and Her Connections to Proskauer Rose through her Husband.. Stephen Kaye made a Trillion Dollar Patent Theft such as the Eliot Bernstein and Iviewit Technologies Stolen Patent, seem like a Simple "Standard of Practice"...
Pay Attention Folks as more Unfolds on the Connections, Cronism and Conflicts of Interest of Proskauer Rose LLP - Ex-Judge Judith Kaye, Andrew Cuomo ( whose Father Appointed Judith Kaye) and how this all relates to court corruption in New York...
posted here by Investigative Blogger
Crystal L. Cox
More on the Iviewit Stolen Patent at
www.DeniedPatent.com and www.Iviewit.TV
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
While New York Burns, Sheldon Silver Plays His Fiddle: Albany Ruled By Political Boss
"" Sheldon Silver runs New York State. He's the last man standing, If he can suggest who else controls New York's fiscal and legislative agenda, the Assembly Speaker is more than welcome to submit a name or two.
Andrew Cuomo 's first challenge, if he runs for governor, will be to counter Silver's stranglehold on state government.
Governor Andrew Cuomo cannot allow himself to be pushed around by the Manhattan liberal who rules New York State. This will be the breakout moment for Cuomo, if the next governor is Cuomo.
This guest essay by Pat Burke in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle described Silver as the "last man standing" from Albany's infamous "three men in a room" (not to be confused with "the three amigos" or "three blind mice").
"How does the speaker maintain his power? Is it good for New York to have one person have this much power? What benefit does the speaker derive from his position of power? Former Sen. Joe Bruno and Govs. Paterson and Spitzer seemed fine until their worlds blew up."
It's Tammany Hall like politics.
It's an autocratic system, with rules that trap people. It's a legislative chess game. It's time to break many of those rules and stop playing chess in Albany.
The New York Post called Sheldon Silver "The Shadow King" ...
No matter what happens to Paterson, the Assembly Speaker is running New York.
Only if we let him.
“He is one of the wiliest, smartest people in politics,” says one Democratic strategist who’s known Silver for more than 30 years. “He knows the levers of power.”
“He has no ideology,” adds a senior Albany pol who served with Silver in the Assembly. “I don’t think he really feels strongly about anything. He loves the fight — he loved fighting with [Gov. George] Pataki. It’s about power, and I think he has total power. I can’t imagine anyone challenging him.”
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reminded people to keep an eye on Silver's realm, the State legislature.
They noted how Ed Koch is forming a good government coalition to challenge incumbents.
Koch knows all too well what these fights entail. His reform Democrats took down a modern incarnation of Tammany in Manhattan during the mid-1960s.
When do they reform Democrats finally sit down with the Republicans and Conservatives to make this a political war with some teeth?
Republicans won't do it alone. Conservatives need to be heeded. Conservatives were putting forge tea parties before there were tea parties, 50 years ago. When Republicans and Democrats take these reformers seriously, maybe New York's problems will finally be addressed.
In the meantime, Mr. Silver is playing a neat and powerful game of divide and conquer between regions. New York City is pitted against suburban Westchester and Long Island. Westchester and Long Island battle among themselves.
Upstate is leveraged by bosses in both parties.
At the end of the day, Silver's urban coalition rules. Blame the bosses on Long Island and perhaps at times in Westchester for failing to drop the political expediency many years ago. Blame Joe Bruno and an upstate coalition that toyed with reforms, only to be devoured by their own excess before, during and after George Pataki.
And since it is happening to Democrats in the Executive Chamber, the last question is for Andrew Cuomo.
How are you going to change things, Governor Cuomo? ""
Source of Post
http://www.newscopy.org/2010/03/while-new-york-burns-sheldon-silver-plays-his-fiddle-albany-ruled-by-political-boss-.html
Andrew Cuomo 's first challenge, if he runs for governor, will be to counter Silver's stranglehold on state government.
Governor Andrew Cuomo cannot allow himself to be pushed around by the Manhattan liberal who rules New York State. This will be the breakout moment for Cuomo, if the next governor is Cuomo.
This guest essay by Pat Burke in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle described Silver as the "last man standing" from Albany's infamous "three men in a room" (not to be confused with "the three amigos" or "three blind mice").
"How does the speaker maintain his power? Is it good for New York to have one person have this much power? What benefit does the speaker derive from his position of power? Former Sen. Joe Bruno and Govs. Paterson and Spitzer seemed fine until their worlds blew up."
It's Tammany Hall like politics.
It's an autocratic system, with rules that trap people. It's a legislative chess game. It's time to break many of those rules and stop playing chess in Albany.
The New York Post called Sheldon Silver "The Shadow King" ...
No matter what happens to Paterson, the Assembly Speaker is running New York.
Only if we let him.
“He is one of the wiliest, smartest people in politics,” says one Democratic strategist who’s known Silver for more than 30 years. “He knows the levers of power.”
“He has no ideology,” adds a senior Albany pol who served with Silver in the Assembly. “I don’t think he really feels strongly about anything. He loves the fight — he loved fighting with [Gov. George] Pataki. It’s about power, and I think he has total power. I can’t imagine anyone challenging him.”
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reminded people to keep an eye on Silver's realm, the State legislature.
They noted how Ed Koch is forming a good government coalition to challenge incumbents.
Koch knows all too well what these fights entail. His reform Democrats took down a modern incarnation of Tammany in Manhattan during the mid-1960s.
When do they reform Democrats finally sit down with the Republicans and Conservatives to make this a political war with some teeth?
Republicans won't do it alone. Conservatives need to be heeded. Conservatives were putting forge tea parties before there were tea parties, 50 years ago. When Republicans and Democrats take these reformers seriously, maybe New York's problems will finally be addressed.
In the meantime, Mr. Silver is playing a neat and powerful game of divide and conquer between regions. New York City is pitted against suburban Westchester and Long Island. Westchester and Long Island battle among themselves.
Upstate is leveraged by bosses in both parties.
At the end of the day, Silver's urban coalition rules. Blame the bosses on Long Island and perhaps at times in Westchester for failing to drop the political expediency many years ago. Blame Joe Bruno and an upstate coalition that toyed with reforms, only to be devoured by their own excess before, during and after George Pataki.
And since it is happening to Democrats in the Executive Chamber, the last question is for Andrew Cuomo.
How are you going to change things, Governor Cuomo? ""
Source of Post
http://www.newscopy.org/2010/03/while-new-york-burns-sheldon-silver-plays-his-fiddle-albany-ruled-by-political-boss-.html
Greenberg Traurig fires attorney after arrest,without conviction
"Quick internal investigation justified termination, spokeswoman says
By Ameet Sachdev, Tribune reporter
When attorneys at large law firms get into trouble,
how do their firms respond?
"There's usually one of two reactions," said Michael Frisch,
who teaches legal ethics at Georgetown University Law
Center. "They either circle the wagons or kick him out."
Greenberg Traurig chose the latter Friday, after the firm
learned that Mark McCombs, an attorney in its Chicago office,
had been arrested the day before on charges that he stole
more than $1 million from a client.
The firm's quick response included scrubbing its Web site by
Friday afternoon of any trace that McCombs, 50, had spent the
last seven years there. Greenberg Traurig also reported
McCombs to the Illinois agency that disciplines lawyers.
What about the presumption of innocence?
Michael Gillespie, McCombs' attorney, said Greenberg Traurig jumped to conclusions before Cook County prosecutors filed formal charges against his client. "I wish it would have taken some time to let this thing develop a little bit before firing him," Gillespie said.
Greenberg Traurig may be prejudging McCombs' guilt but it is acting responsibly to protect McCombs' clients and the firm's reputation, said Frisch and other experts in professional responsibility. "When there are serious allegations involving a client, it's not unusual for a firm to sever ties even before the merits are
resolved," Frisch said.
Most recently, the Boston firm of Ropes & Gray cuts its ties with an associate after he was arrested in November for allegedly providing inside information about mergers his firm advised on. On the other hand, Mayer Brown put partner Joseph Collins on leave after he was indicted in 2007 on charges of facilitating financial fraud for a client. Collins resigned in July after he was convicted.
A Greenberg Traurig spokeswoman said the firm acted based on preliminary allegations filed by Cook County authorities as well as its own inquiry Friday afternoon. Cook County authorities have alleged that McCombs, a municipal lawyer, billed the village of Calumet Park for work he never performed. The spokeswoman said the firm had no prior knowledge of McCombs' alleged wrongdoing until it learned of his arrest late Thursday. "Separate from the charges, based on what we were able to learn quickly on Friday afternoon, in evaluating the situation, we determined that termination was the right course of action," spokeswoman Jill Perry said.
The preliminary allegations against McCombs appear to back up the firm's statement that it was kept in the dark. As recently as March 1, McCombs allegedly offered to pay the village $100,000 of his own money to settle the village's inquiry into his bills without involving his law firm, according to court documents. The lawyer feared that if the firm were notified, it would report him to Illinois disciplinary authorities and he would lose his law license, court papers said.
Perry added that the firm is conducting an internal investigation of McCombs, including a review of all of his billing. McCombs has represented a host of other Illinois communities, including Cicero, Posen and Phoenix, according to his online biography.
Though his termination does not look good in the court of public opinion, it should not hurt McCombs' defense, said Ron Safer, a former federal prosecutor who practices white-collar defense. Prosecutors would not be able to use the firm's statements to prove evidence of a crime, Safer said.
McCombs was released from custody after he posted bail, Gillespie said. ""
Source
www.ChicagoTribune.com
By Ameet Sachdev, Tribune reporter
When attorneys at large law firms get into trouble,
how do their firms respond?
"There's usually one of two reactions," said Michael Frisch,
who teaches legal ethics at Georgetown University Law
Center. "They either circle the wagons or kick him out."
Greenberg Traurig chose the latter Friday, after the firm
learned that Mark McCombs, an attorney in its Chicago office,
had been arrested the day before on charges that he stole
more than $1 million from a client.
The firm's quick response included scrubbing its Web site by
Friday afternoon of any trace that McCombs, 50, had spent the
last seven years there. Greenberg Traurig also reported
McCombs to the Illinois agency that disciplines lawyers.
What about the presumption of innocence?
Michael Gillespie, McCombs' attorney, said Greenberg Traurig jumped to conclusions before Cook County prosecutors filed formal charges against his client. "I wish it would have taken some time to let this thing develop a little bit before firing him," Gillespie said.
Greenberg Traurig may be prejudging McCombs' guilt but it is acting responsibly to protect McCombs' clients and the firm's reputation, said Frisch and other experts in professional responsibility. "When there are serious allegations involving a client, it's not unusual for a firm to sever ties even before the merits are
resolved," Frisch said.
Most recently, the Boston firm of Ropes & Gray cuts its ties with an associate after he was arrested in November for allegedly providing inside information about mergers his firm advised on. On the other hand, Mayer Brown put partner Joseph Collins on leave after he was indicted in 2007 on charges of facilitating financial fraud for a client. Collins resigned in July after he was convicted.
A Greenberg Traurig spokeswoman said the firm acted based on preliminary allegations filed by Cook County authorities as well as its own inquiry Friday afternoon. Cook County authorities have alleged that McCombs, a municipal lawyer, billed the village of Calumet Park for work he never performed. The spokeswoman said the firm had no prior knowledge of McCombs' alleged wrongdoing until it learned of his arrest late Thursday. "Separate from the charges, based on what we were able to learn quickly on Friday afternoon, in evaluating the situation, we determined that termination was the right course of action," spokeswoman Jill Perry said.
The preliminary allegations against McCombs appear to back up the firm's statement that it was kept in the dark. As recently as March 1, McCombs allegedly offered to pay the village $100,000 of his own money to settle the village's inquiry into his bills without involving his law firm, according to court documents. The lawyer feared that if the firm were notified, it would report him to Illinois disciplinary authorities and he would lose his law license, court papers said.
Perry added that the firm is conducting an internal investigation of McCombs, including a review of all of his billing. McCombs has represented a host of other Illinois communities, including Cicero, Posen and Phoenix, according to his online biography.
Though his termination does not look good in the court of public opinion, it should not hurt McCombs' defense, said Ron Safer, a former federal prosecutor who practices white-collar defense. Prosecutors would not be able to use the firm's statements to prove evidence of a crime, Safer said.
McCombs was released from custody after he posted bail, Gillespie said. ""
Source
www.ChicagoTribune.com
Friday, March 5, 2010
AOL, Intel, Lockheed, Mary Schapiro, SEC Complaints, SGI, Time Warner, Warner Bros.
Eliot Bernstein, Iviewit Technologies Filed a Detailed Complaint with the SEC, with Mary Schapiro Against Corporate Management of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL), , Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), Silicon Graphics, Inc. (delisted NYSE: SGI) & successor Silicon Graphics International (NASDAQ: SGI), Sony Corporation (NYSE/ADR: SNE) , Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), Ernst & Young Global Limited (Ernst & Young refers to one or more of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited (EYG), a UK private company limited by guarantee) have known about the Iviewit Liabilities for years and they are alleged to have concealed the liabilities from Shareholders and in some instances reorganized to the detriment of Shareholders in alleged fraudulent transactions which may lead to Shareholder Rescissory Rights and catastrophic damage to the companies.
Mary Schapiro and the SEC have been Warned in Great Detail of Major Shareholder Fraud. If you are a Shareholder of Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin YOU need to be aware of the Eliot Bernstein Iviewit Complaint.
The Corporate Management of Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin have known about this Liability for years and they are hiding it from you. Many of your investment firms now know of this SEC Complaint to Mary Schapiro - I have seen them on my site and Clicking through to the Enormous Amount of Details and proof in the SEC Complaint itself and at the Iviewit Technologies Website on this Iviewit Technologies Stolen Patent, www.iViewit.tv.
The SEC Complaint proves without a doubt of what will Soon be Trillion Dollar Liability to the Shareholders of Warner Bros.,AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin. This will be in the Billions for Each Company, and the Shareholders of Warner Brothers, AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin as well as Mary Schapiro of the SEC and the Major Law Firms involved in this Trillion Dollar Shareholder Fraud, well they will NOT be able to say they did not know, for there are well over a Thousand Documents at www.iViewit.tv that proves they have known for years.
How long will this game go on? No one can really be sure how long that Mary Schapiro of the SEC, the USPTO, the US Courts will let this continue to drag out at the expense of the shareholders of Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin. What we can see is Blatant Obvious Fraud, Obstruction of Justice and a Covering up for folks like Intel CEO Paul Otellini, Ex-General Counsel of Warner Bruce Sewell - Now the General Counsel at Apple, Jeffrey Bewkes of Warner Bros., Proskauer Rose Law Firm, Foley and Lardner Law Firm, and Many more in the SEC Complaint filed by Iviewit Technologies Eliot Bernstein.
These High Profile Law Firm and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Keeping this information from shareholders if Unethical at best, it is Fraud and the shareholders will pay for all of this with their hard earned money as the years pile on.
Click here to Read Details of this SEC Complaint.
Eliot Bernstein of Iviewit Technologies has Filed an SEC Complaint and YOU need to Know about. Click Here for the Official SEC Complaint and Great Detail and Proof of Shareholder Fraud and Shareholder Liability cause by Neglect, Fraud and Blatantly Violations of Contracts by Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin and more carry Trillions in Liability that they have seemingly reported to No One.
Eliot Bernstein SEC Complaint
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Mary Schapiro and the SEC have been Warned in Great Detail of Major Shareholder Fraud. If you are a Shareholder of Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin YOU need to be aware of the Eliot Bernstein Iviewit Complaint.
The Corporate Management of Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin have known about this Liability for years and they are hiding it from you. Many of your investment firms now know of this SEC Complaint to Mary Schapiro - I have seen them on my site and Clicking through to the Enormous Amount of Details and proof in the SEC Complaint itself and at the Iviewit Technologies Website on this Iviewit Technologies Stolen Patent, www.iViewit.tv.
The SEC Complaint proves without a doubt of what will Soon be Trillion Dollar Liability to the Shareholders of Warner Bros.,AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin. This will be in the Billions for Each Company, and the Shareholders of Warner Brothers, AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin as well as Mary Schapiro of the SEC and the Major Law Firms involved in this Trillion Dollar Shareholder Fraud, well they will NOT be able to say they did not know, for there are well over a Thousand Documents at www.iViewit.tv that proves they have known for years.
How long will this game go on? No one can really be sure how long that Mary Schapiro of the SEC, the USPTO, the US Courts will let this continue to drag out at the expense of the shareholders of Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin. What we can see is Blatant Obvious Fraud, Obstruction of Justice and a Covering up for folks like Intel CEO Paul Otellini, Ex-General Counsel of Warner Bruce Sewell - Now the General Counsel at Apple, Jeffrey Bewkes of Warner Bros., Proskauer Rose Law Firm, Foley and Lardner Law Firm, and Many more in the SEC Complaint filed by Iviewit Technologies Eliot Bernstein.
These High Profile Law Firm and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Keeping this information from shareholders if Unethical at best, it is Fraud and the shareholders will pay for all of this with their hard earned money as the years pile on.
Click here to Read Details of this SEC Complaint.
Eliot Bernstein of Iviewit Technologies has Filed an SEC Complaint and YOU need to Know about. Click Here for the Official SEC Complaint and Great Detail and Proof of Shareholder Fraud and Shareholder Liability cause by Neglect, Fraud and Blatantly Violations of Contracts by Warner Bros., AOL, Time Warner,Intel, SGI, Sony Corporation, Lockheed Martin and more carry Trillions in Liability that they have seemingly reported to No One.
Eliot Bernstein SEC Complaint
posted here by
Investigative Blogger
Crystal L. Cox
Crystal L. Cox
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Proskauer Rose LLP - Moral Compass? Where there is Human Rights Violations, and the Ruin of Human Lives and Quality of Life, there is Proskauer Rose.
Bert Deixler, Proskauer Rose LLP seems to Be Representing the Wrong side of the Moral Compass on this One... no surprise as We see What Horrors that Proskauer Rose LLP is Capable of.
There will soon be an ENORMOUS amount of information on our sites about what Prokauer Rose LLP is up to in the Legal Representation of the Motion Picture & Television Fund as this Case of Severe Elder Cruelty - Neglect and Abuse hits the Blogs, Media and Newstands everywhere exposing what is Really Going on and Who is the Greedy Gate Keeper behind it all.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/keepthemptfhomeopen
Proskauer Rose seems to always be found on the Wrong Side of the Moral Compass, Guess there is MORE money to be made on that Side.
Well whatever is the Fate of the Motion Picture -Television Fund and these Precious elderly Lives... one thing we can be sure of It will be the Legacy of ALL those on the Wrong Side of the Moral Compass for as Long as the Internet Exists.
Right is Right and Wrong is Wrong.
Nothing is more important then the Dignity and Quality of a Human life and those who take that for the exchange of COLD - in-Humane - Cash .. well they have some serious issues to face one day with the Great Spirit. But for Now.. Our Network has joined the Folks at www.SavingtheLivesOfOurOwn.org and we intend to get to the Bottom of every single piece, player and part of this incredibly important Issue and Especially the Role of Proskauer Rose LLP in this Disgrace against Our Elderly Americans.
So stay Tuned as our Investigative Blogger, Elder Abuse and Quality of Life Network and our Industry Whistleblower Network Joins to Save the " Lives of Our Own" Elder Care facility for those in the Motion Picture Industry.
Stay Tuned as we Explore all the Players and Issues of the Motion Picture -Television Fund, Frank Mancuso, Joe Fischer, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bert Deixler,Bert Fields, and lots more information on This "News to Me".
I fear the Worst however Because if Proskauer Rose is involved IN ANY Way.. you can bet there will be pay offs, dirty deals, Supreme Court Pay Offs, Attorney Fraternity - Good Ol' Boys Protecting their Own, and Conflicts of Interest that would Shock You. And the Truth and Facts of the Case... well that will Certainly be No Defense.
You can bet that what Proskauer Rose wants Proskauer Rose will get and the Life of Your Loved Ones, YOUR quality of Life, well that is Just Collateral Damage in the High Stakes Game of MONEY - Money and More Money that Proskauer Rose is Living in and Controlling at the Highest of Levels in the US Judicial System, Corporations, and so much more it would Scare YOU !!!
Stay Tuned..
Posted by
Crystal L. Cox
Investigative Blogger
Industry Whistleblower
more on this at
www.ProskauerRoseSucks.com
Got a Tip???
Crystal@CrystalCox.com
There will soon be an ENORMOUS amount of information on our sites about what Prokauer Rose LLP is up to in the Legal Representation of the Motion Picture & Television Fund as this Case of Severe Elder Cruelty - Neglect and Abuse hits the Blogs, Media and Newstands everywhere exposing what is Really Going on and Who is the Greedy Gate Keeper behind it all.
There will be much more posted about Proskauer Rose and this INTENSE Moral and Social Disgrace Coming SOON... here are a few tidbits on the situation for now...
www.SavingTheLivesOfOurOwn.org
http://www.youtube.com/user/savinglivesofourown
The Video below lays out the MPTF new philosophy
http://www.youtube.com/user/savinglivesofourown#p/u/4/YUB6T2X7kRE
Online petitionwww.SavingTheLivesOfOurOwn.org
http://www.youtube.com/user/savinglivesofourown
The Video below lays out the MPTF new philosophy
http://www.youtube.com/user/savinglivesofourown#p/u/4/YUB6T2X7kRE
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/keepthemptfhomeopen
Proskauer Rose seems to always be found on the Wrong Side of the Moral Compass, Guess there is MORE money to be made on that Side.
Well whatever is the Fate of the Motion Picture -Television Fund and these Precious elderly Lives... one thing we can be sure of It will be the Legacy of ALL those on the Wrong Side of the Moral Compass for as Long as the Internet Exists.
Right is Right and Wrong is Wrong.
Nothing is more important then the Dignity and Quality of a Human life and those who take that for the exchange of COLD - in-Humane - Cash .. well they have some serious issues to face one day with the Great Spirit. But for Now.. Our Network has joined the Folks at www.SavingtheLivesOfOurOwn.org and we intend to get to the Bottom of every single piece, player and part of this incredibly important Issue and Especially the Role of Proskauer Rose LLP in this Disgrace against Our Elderly Americans.
So stay Tuned as our Investigative Blogger, Elder Abuse and Quality of Life Network and our Industry Whistleblower Network Joins to Save the " Lives of Our Own" Elder Care facility for those in the Motion Picture Industry.
Stay Tuned as we Explore all the Players and Issues of the Motion Picture -Television Fund, Frank Mancuso, Joe Fischer, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bert Deixler,Bert Fields, and lots more information on This "News to Me".
I fear the Worst however Because if Proskauer Rose is involved IN ANY Way.. you can bet there will be pay offs, dirty deals, Supreme Court Pay Offs, Attorney Fraternity - Good Ol' Boys Protecting their Own, and Conflicts of Interest that would Shock You. And the Truth and Facts of the Case... well that will Certainly be No Defense.
You can bet that what Proskauer Rose wants Proskauer Rose will get and the Life of Your Loved Ones, YOUR quality of Life, well that is Just Collateral Damage in the High Stakes Game of MONEY - Money and More Money that Proskauer Rose is Living in and Controlling at the Highest of Levels in the US Judicial System, Corporations, and so much more it would Scare YOU !!!
Stay Tuned..
Posted by
Crystal L. Cox
Investigative Blogger
Industry Whistleblower
www.ProskauerRoseSucks.com
Got a Tip???
Crystal@CrystalCox.com
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