The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
As is generally the case with political events, the list of people who aren't in Puerto Rico for Somos el Futuro is just as significant - if not more so - as the list of people who are. The most glaring absence is that of Gov. David Paterson, who not only isn't here himself, but also declined to even send a representative - a fact that has been frequently remarked on by Somos attendees, who consider...
Epicenter (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
With New York’s Attorney General filing antitrust charges against Intel this week, industry watchers say the Federal Trade Commission will join the fray against the chip maker, maybe even before the end of the year. Andrew Cuomo leveled New York’s suit against Intel on Wednesday, it was just one more log on the legal pile for [...]
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Govs. Ed Rendell and David Paterson aren't going to let a little thing like the World Series come between them. On Sunday, less than a week after the Yankees beat the Phillies to win their 27th series title, the Pennsylvania governor will host a $2,500-a-head fundraiser for Paterson at the Park Hyatt hotel in Philadelphia. (Charles Breslin, a Democratic operative, longtime aide and friend of Rendell's...
Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing on S. 1584 , the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act which would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Sec. 6 of the Act would exempt the same religious institutions that are exempt from the religious discrimination provisions of...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Almost exactly one year before the 2010 election, Gov. David Paterson is making the highly unusual move of going up on the air with two political TV ads. I reported two weeks ago (second item in the Oct. 26 column) that Paterson was mulling this as a last-ditch effort to raise his poll numbers from their historically low depths. Ben reported the ads are being made by Murphy Putnam , not A-Political,...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
AG Andrew Cuomo sounded a distinctly pro-business and centrist note at a Tuesday night fundraiser organized for him by Republican supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis, according to an attendee at the event. Cuomo eschewed election the night party hosted by Democratic mayoral nominee Bill Thompson (who received an eleventh-hour endorsement from the AG) in favor of the fundraiser, which drew a crowd...
Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
* Federal prosecutors accuse Troutman Sanders real estate practice group leader, Leonard Grunstein , of participating in a $50 million kickback scheme. [ AmLaw Daily ] * Bank of America's general counsel was not on active status to practice law in Massachusetts during his first (crucial) eight days as the company's top lawyer. [ Boston Globe ] * Big pay day for the lawyers who helped Walmart workers...
JURIST - Paper Chase (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
[JURIST] The New York Attorney General on Wednesday filed an antitrust suit against Intel, alleging that the microprocessor manufacturer engaged in illegal conduct to further its dominance in the marketplace. The complaint alleges that Intel obtained exclusive contracts from manufacturers in exchange for large payments. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo claims that many of these agreements were aimed at...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
As far as 2010 is concerned, the person who benefitted the most from last night's results wasn't even on the ballot: AG Andrew Cuomo. "Cuomo came out of this a major winner," said Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf (who worked for Mayor Bloomberg during this campaign, but didn't want to chat on the record about that). "He did nothing overtly political during the season, but he endorsed...
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued Intel Corp., accusing the computer company of violating state and federal antitrust laws. (AMD) (DELL) (HPQ) (IBM)
TRUTH ON THE MARKET (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The New York Times is reporting that New York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has filed an antitrust suit against Intel. According to the report, The New York move increases the chances that the F.T.C. will take action against Intel, according to a person who was familiar with the state’s investigation but was not authorized to discuss [...]
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio is early out of the box with an effort to capitalize on the results of yesterday's elections - both here in New York and nationally. I guess this marks the official start of the 2010 cycle, which has been stealthily underway for some time now. In an e-mail sent to his supporters as well as the Republican and Conservative chairs in all 62 counties, Lazio declared:...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A reader who lives in Orange County was surprised yesterday morning to find the voice of Mayor Bloomberg on his answering machine. Bloomberg, who has been inundating New York City residents with calls - both canned and live - in advance of today's election, found the time in between his own campaign events to sit down and record a call for Orange County Executive Edward Diana. Diana, a Republican...
Ten Reasons (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Apropos of nothing particularly Catholic, excerpt perhaps that the crisis-created Obama presidency has made mincemeat of core principles of Church social teaching, e.g., subsidiarity, the primacy of the right to life, herein lies James Freeman's review of The Sellout by CNBC analyst Charles Gasparino in this morning's Wall Street Journal : So what made 2008 so much worse? For one thing, the market...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Unlike his former boss, former President Bill Clinton , Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said whatever happens in the 23rd district special election today, it is not a referendum on President Obama. "All these national pundits who want to say this is a national referendum on what President Obama has done, I think that's a lot of baloney," Cuomo said. "This is a very particular situation,...
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