Andrew Cuomo
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Andrew Cuomo, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
Cleary Lawyers, The NYAG Would Like to Meet You
A couple of weeks ago, I asked if the mainstream media was aware of the existence of Biglaw lawyers. They’re still not, but the New York Attorney General is. Dealbook reports: Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo fired another shot at Bank of America on Tuesday, asking the bank to allow its lawyers to be questioned. […] -
Andrew Cuomo, B for Beauty
Andrew Cuomo's Beauty Crackdown
It’s not often that the worlds of law and fashion intersect. There’s much more overlap between the worlds of law and finance, ably covered by our colleagues at Dealbreaker. But an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into the practice known as “astroturfing” offers us this opportunity to give a shout-out to the […] - Sponsored
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Andrew Cuomo, Morning Docket, Sarah Palin
Morning Docket 3.27.09
* The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that hundreds of juvenile court cases in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania will soon be overturned. After former judge Mark Ciavarella pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from juvenile prisons in exchange for more convictions, the state hired a “Special Master” to investigate. He is not a Malasian Martial Arts expert or […]
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Andrew Cuomo, Antonin Scalia, Bernie Madoff, Morning Docket, Pornography, Sexual Harassment, Wal-Mart
Morning Docket 3.24.09
* United Airlines settled a suit filed by a former pilot, who resigned after repeatedly finding porn in hidden places in her cockpit, including underneath a cap on a safety device called a “stick shaker” (no pun intended). Click to see United’s ridiculous effort to dismiss. [The Seattle Times] * Attorney General Andrew Cuomo convinced […]
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Andrew Cuomo, Eric Holder, Heller Ehrman, Marijuana, Morning Docket
Morning Docket 3.20.09
* AIG turned in the list of bonus recipients to New York’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday–let the games begin. Just kidding, I too fear for the safety of heavily compensated AIG executives–there is nothing scarier than an angry progressive. [The Los Angeles Times] * Dispensers of medical marijuana have room to breathe after Attorney […]
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American Bar Association / ABA, Andrew Cuomo, Bankruptcy, Immigration, Labor / Employment, Michael Jackson, Morning Docket, Native Americans, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket 02.25.09
* Michael Jackson “beat it” without paying his legal bill. [The Daily Breeze] * Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain testified for 2.5 hours yesterday in New York in Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office, but wouldn’t say which employees got some of the $3.6 billion bonus pie before the merger with B of A. How […]
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Andrew Cuomo, Celebrities, Dan Markel, New York Times, Non-Sequiturs, Pets, Politics, Sex, Sports, Tax Law, Vicious Infighting
Non-Sequiturs: 02.07.08
* The NYT’s official statement on L’Affaire Berenson. [Starkman & Associates] * A slew of law school hypotheticals about sex with and between minors, triggered by Carl Stanley McGee, our Lawyer of the Day. [PrawfsBlawg] * Second runner-up for Lawyer of the Day? And a punitive damages award of $33 million. Ouch. [How Appealing] * […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Job Searches, Law Schools, Lawyerly Lairs, Non-Sequiturs, Television
Non-Sequiturs: 01.31.08
* A shout-out to the Elect on TV tonight. The lawyer protagonist of the new ABC drama, “Eli Stone” — portrayed by Jonny Lee Miller (pictured), an ex-husband of Angelina Jolie — is supposedly a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [New York Times] * A novel approach to the legal job hunt: […] - Sponsored
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Andrew Cuomo, Eliot Spitzer, Law Schools, Money
'Preferred Lenders' for Financial Aid: A Big Racket?
New York’s new Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, has some big shoes to fill. Governor Eliot Spitzer, during his time as New York AG, was a very busy bee. It looks like Cuomo has found a juicy scandal to sink his teeth into — one with possible implications for many of the law students among you. […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Biglaw, Kramer Levin, Musical Chairs, Politics, Real Estate, Thelen Reid & Priest, Venable
Musical Chairs: 01.05.07
Nothing huge today, like yesterday’s news about Harriet Miers’s departure; but a few interesting moves. The two most noteworthy ones involve transitions between the public and private sectors: From politics to private practice: * Asa Hutchinson has rejoined Venable’s Washington office. Hutchinson — a former Undersecretary of Homeland Security, Republican congressman, and chief of the […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Musical Chairs, Supreme Court Clerks
Musical Chairs: 01.03.07
Some other noteworthy moves within the legal profession (besides Chief Judge David Levi’s selection as Dean of Duke Law School): Within government: * This is big news: the new Attorney General for New York, Andrew Cuomo, has hired Barbara D. Underwood as his solicitor general. Underwood has a resume to die for. She has served […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Musical Chairs, Politics, S.D.N.Y., Stuart Rabner, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: Andrew Cuomo Raids the S.D.N.Y.
Shortly after we predicted that he’d be making some personnel announcements, Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Attorney General-elect, made some personnel announcements. From the AP: Cuomo, the eldest son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo, named Robin Baker as his executive deputy attorney general for criminal justice. Baker was the deputy chief of appeals for the U.S. […] -
Andrew Cuomo, Eliot Spitzer, Politics
Coming Soon: Andy's Kids
We hear that Andrew Cuomo, New York’s incoming Attorney General, will be announcing some of his top appointments very soon — perhaps as early as this afternoon. Since Eliot Spitzer reinvigorated the New York AG’s office, then used it as a vehicle to the Governor’s Mansion, the office’s profile and prestige have increased. Positions within […]