Comments on: New at Point of Law http://overlawyered.com/2009/10/new-at-point-of-law-13/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: William Nuesslein http://overlawyered.com/2009/10/new-at-point-of-law-13/comment-page-1/#comment-73863 William Nuesslein Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:43:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14241#comment-73863 I hope that the Supreme Court gets right the "honest services fraud" right. I recall Senator Boxer going after Mr. Skilling in a hearing. She was upset by his arrogance. That would have been OK had she actually known the guy or understood the economics of Enron. She was a witch hunter and Mr. Skilling was punished essentially for his personality. I also hope that Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Breyer can get together here and put rationality ahead of ideological bias, as was done with the Daubert decision. I hope that the Supreme Court gets right the “honest services fraud” right. I recall Senator Boxer going after Mr. Skilling in a hearing. She was upset by his arrogance. That would have been OK had she actually known the guy or understood the economics of Enron. She was a witch hunter and Mr. Skilling was punished essentially for his personality.

I also hope that Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Breyer can get together here and put rationality ahead of ideological bias, as was done with the Daubert decision.

]]> By: Invid http://overlawyered.com/2009/10/new-at-point-of-law-13/comment-page-1/#comment-73573 Invid Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:51:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=14241#comment-73573 Ahh, it was refreshing to read the hardcore attorney's statements about the Teamsters and the Library. I'll remember this guy the next time I here some oldtimer lawyer talking about how the business used to be civil... Ahh, it was refreshing to read the hardcore attorney’s statements about the Teamsters and the Library.

I’ll remember this guy the next time I here some oldtimer lawyer talking about how the business used to be civil…

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