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Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

• Sheldon Silver, a high-ranking N.Y. politician and asbestos lawyer, found guilty of corruption

  By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 @ 7:23am

  NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Sheldon Silver, a once-powerful politician who worked at one of the most prominent asbestos law firms in the country, was found guilty of corruption by a federal jury on Monday. The verdict against Silver, a Democrat who was the speaker of the Assembly prior to the indictment against him, came in the fifth week of the trial, the New York Times reported.

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• WSJ pounds asbestos trial bar over Sheldon Silver charges; Link between politicians and lawyers 'ripe for investigation,' paper says

  By Ann Maher | Wednesday, Feb 4, 2015 @ 2:50pm

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• St. Clair County class action against Full Tilt Poker removed to federal court

  By Bethany Krajelis | Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 @ 4:56pm

  A pair of defendants in a St. Clair County class action lawsuit over a gambling website has removed the matter to federal court.

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