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The altered title of this thread, stating that "publicity" is funding Walsh's lawyer, is based on pure speculation from Florio's rumor mill and should not be presented as fact.
Nowhere has Walsh's attorney admitted that "publicity" is payment for his services.
OK, I changed it to "someone or something". That should cover all the bases.
Why not just have left it alone in the first place? Does everything have to be about you?
Same could be said of you.
So a little more research shows that Swidler et al is a major telecommunications lawfirm with very strong fundraising ties to Capital Hill - that recently merged with the other aforementioned firm Bingham McCutchen LLP
http://www.newtelephony.com/news/63h11628315749.html
And as mentioned Bingham McCutchen's been just as, if not more prolific in campaign finance issues as Swidler
Swidler / Bingham McCutchen are also the lawyers for AT&T - which is owned by Comcast
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2001/12/20/att-comcast.htm
If you search for Swidler / Bingham McCutchen and AT&T you'll actually find a long and broad amount of profitable litigation in matters involving the FCC (as opposed for searching for cases specifically mentioning Comcast) but again, Comcast owns AT&T so its all the same.
So to recap - Michael Levy - who was working for Comcast Lawfirm(s) & political donors Swidler/Bingham McCutchen as recently as 2005 is now representing a client who is embroiled in a matter closely linked to a pissing match between the NFL and Comcast.
What financial, political or business interest Levy and his new lawfirm have in helping his former lawfirm(s) is unknown - but if anyone's looking for a link between Levy and Comcast, its right there to be found with just a relatively little amount of internet digging.
AT&T Broadband merged with Comcast. Just to be clear, AT&T the phone company didn't.
This was posted by Rob0729 the thread starter:
Mods please change the title of the thread though.
Sorry.
There seems to be several different bugs crawling up different posters asses over the past couple of months. And this board has lost the fun that it use to be.
Let's hope that they crawl out before too long.
This was posted by Rob0729 the thread starter:
Mods please change the title of the thread though.
Sorry.
There seems to be several different bugs crawling up different posters asses over the past couple of months. And this board has lost the fun that it use to be.
Let's hope that they crawl out before too long.
OK - but when we're talking Broadband we're talking cable/tv/internet, right? - which is the issue that Comcast is fighting with the NFL about re: the NFL network and the overall NFL monopoly
I guess what this boils down to is that Levy - as a white collar crime lawyer - was likely specifically chosen because he personally doesn't work directly on the corporate litigation involving all the major corporate entities with a stake in this... but the lawfirms that have paid, and do pay his salary do.
This missing piece of the puzzle is what, if any, interest his current lawfirm has in the clients of his former lawfirm. With mergers taking place among clients and lawfirms themselves all the time - and major corporate entities like Comcast also taking on new lawfirms for work themselves, it doesn't take an active imagination to think that there could well be some financial interest that McKee Nelson LLC has in all of this - but that might not come out until this episode is over and done with - at a time when no one is looking.
I wasn't arguing, I just wanted to clarify the point. Carry on, I think you're doing a fine job!
No - I know you weren't... just trying to make sure I'm seeing this straight as well.
I'm sure with some more digging one can truly establish additional links between Swidle/Bingham McCutchen
If that's where the connection to Walsh originates from it will be all the more interesting as Levy went out of his way to establish that the contact with Walsh comes by way of someone who was doing legal work with the PATRIOTS - which tends not to make a whole lot of sense.
Unless the lawfirm had a major falling out with the Patriots and wants nothing to do with them anymore, what interest would they have in hooking up a disgruntled ex-employee with a top tier white collar politically connected DC lawyer? They'd be stabbing the Patriots in the back by doing so.
Seems more likely to me that the connection with Levy has roots with Comcast - and indeed Levy's former firm couldn't have stronger connections with Comcast and Capital Hill if they tried.
And I'm more prone to believe that Levy's interest is more connected to his current lawfirms' interest in big time corporate clients more than I would believe Levy himself is interested in self-promotion.
Let's just assume that it turns out that Comcast is in fact paying Levy's bill. So? It doesn't really have any bearing on whether Walsh has a tape. It also isn't illegal or even immoral for that matter. It might show where Comcast's stance is toward the NFL, but other then that what does it matter?
Let's just assume that it turns out that Comcast is in fact paying Levy's bill. So? It doesn't really have any bearing on whether Walsh has a tape. It also isn't illegal or even immoral for that matter. It might show where Comcast's stance is toward the NFL, but other then that what does it matter?