Eliot Spitzer, former Attorney General of New York State, and now their Governor, made a name for himself in the dot-com world, taking every company whose approach to business he disagreed with, whether they actually broke the law in New York State or not, to court.
More often than not, the protracted legal obligations of fighting this relentless profitarian led companies to settle out of court. Unfortunately, most of the booty that changed hands never found its way to the actual victims: over 100 million dollars in fines for Merrill Lynch, and all of it went into the New York State treasury.
As Governor, Spitzer vowed to make ethics his number one priority. Let's hope that extends to his office as well.
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