By Paul Grimaldi The New York attorney general said Tuesday that Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS:NYSE) has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle charges that it sold expired products at its stores in that state. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo initiated legal action in 2008 against CVS after a survey by his office found expired products at 60 percent of CVS stores visited, Bloomberg reported....
Jack O'Donnell, a longtime Western NY Democratic operative, advisor to billionaire Tom Golisano and son of Gov. David Paterson's criminal justice czar, Denise O'Donnell, has joined the lobbying/consulting firm of Bolton-St. John's . O'Donnell's technical title is "statewide political director," and in that capacity he will be both providing advice to, and lobbying for, the firm's clients...
The Assembly Ethics Committee held a closed-door executive session this morning - a move that left a number of elected officials and Capitol observers scratching their heads. A source familiar with the committee's deliberations said the meeting is not expected to generate any action against any assembly members, and is more of a matter of tying up loose ends and "cleaning off the table."...
Rick Lazio , former L.I. Congressman and the guy who ran for a Senate seat against Hillary Clinon, feels good about his 2010 chances, after GOP gubernatorial victories in NJ and Virginia. He told WCBS 2 , "Tuesday was, to me, very much a validation of my message. Government has become unresponsive, unaccountable and the people have lost faith." Marist pollster Lee Miringoff said, "Clearly,...
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...
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 [...]
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...
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,...
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...
* 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] 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...
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...
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)
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 [...]
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:...
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