USC Pays Lawyers In Secret
MORE TRANSPARENCY “INACTION” The University of South Carolina paid out nearly 600 checksYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
MORE TRANSPARENCY “INACTION” The University of South Carolina paid out nearly 600 checksYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Hey thats a nice site they have, can you provide some dates we can use to review, or since you’ve already done this work can you provide it. They should just post a line by line thing, having to look it up like that is crud but cool they have it.
that’s why they use the word “redacted.” no one in your state knows the definition.
$713,000/600 checks = <$1200 per check. Sounds like real heavy duty legal work there.
$ 71,300 = average for 10 month period
$ 16,581 = average for 43 week period
The number of checks written is probably used to keep the activity under the radar of any prying/questioning eyes….
A challenge from Shifty to the recepients of these payments – who are you and why are you showing yourselves to be chicken-shit lawyers —- CONFESS..!!
By not posting the NAMES of the firms, USC can avoid posting ALL THE FEES as it is impossible to know for sure who and how much were paid for what case or service.
if an expenditure can’t be tracked back to a firm then no one knows that certain payments are regularly made outside of normal channels, i.e.. through third parties, are from affiliates like the Foundations of Alumni Association.
Not posting the names is a sure “tell” that there are a WHOLE lot more legal fees paid by Carolina, and that they are paid to INSIDERS.
“regularly made outside of normal channels”
You’re correct, and I am speaking from experience…
The university is not going to like this. Fits they will throw you a biscuit to back off.
USC has a hundred ways to hide their payments to their insider buds.
One thing for sure, Harris Pastides will tell you in a skinny minute that he does not owe you squat. He, and his cronies, believe you have no right to the info.
My law firm billed half that amount. There is serous deception here.
I would suggest that USC spends 10 times that reported amount each year in lawyers.
I am so tired of this crooked crap. My USC ought to do better.
Who the hell is more crooked? USC or lawyers that work for USC?
Jean Toal is the most crooked. Period. The leader of the pack.
Nelson Mullins sounds like New Jersey’s Wolff Samson.
Lawyers and Liberals are sucking America dry and one can not use the rest room without prior approval of a lawyer any longer.
two words … uh uh uh …”NELSON MULLINS” … uh uh uh…..
A lawyer shows up at the pearly gates and St. Peter says, “Normally, we don’t let you people in here, but you’re in luck. We have a special this week. You go to Hell for the length of time you were alive, then you get to come back to Heaven for eternity.”
The lawyer says, “I’ll take the deal!”
St. Peter says, “Good, I’ll put you down for two hundred and twelve years in Hell…”
The lawyer says, “What are you talking about? I’m only sixty-five years old!”
St. Peter says, “Up here we go by billing hours.”
It was one of the most gruesome cases ever to come before the court, and if found guilty, the defendant would spend the rest of life behind bars. The case had not been proceeding well for the defense. Though there was no direct evidence, the circumstantial evidence was quite compelling. The only chance the lawyer had was to cast some doubt in the minds of the jurors. His only hope was to attack the testimony of the medical examiner.
Lawyer) “And prior to declaring the victim dead, did you check his pulse?”
Doctor) “No.
Lawyer) “Did you perform CPR?”
Doctor) “No.”
Lawyer) “Did you do anything to determine if the victim was still alive prior to declaring him dead?”
Doctor) “No.”
Lawyer) “Then, Doctor, isn’t it possible that prior to your declaring the victim dead that, in fact he may have been alive, and that it was your negligence that caused the death?”
Doctor) “Aside from the fact that his brain was in a jar on my desk, I suppose he could have been out practicing law.”
The defense lawyer visited his client in the state penitentiary, and said sadly, “I’m afraid that clemency is impossible in your case now. The governor just got indicted!”
The cockroaches wish to stay hidden in the shadows. And for good reason …. they wish to avoid detection of their criminal wrongs. But have no fear, we shall send in the exterminators in due time. There is so much that is going to be exposed (echo echo echo)
It’s the coverup not the crime that will get them….Dirty Harry needs to cover his tracks now that the state legislators will audit USC. They are currently moving money and bodies….
Last year $85m in payments were listed as redacted. Wonder where all the money went?
USC’s questionable activities are just another result
of the ignorant and somnolent citizenry of South Carolina. We can stop this. We have the power. The people need to wake up and oust the
establishment and end “politics as usual.”
Will it happen? Nope. People would have to get up off the couch,
read something about current affairs, and demand change. Instead the minority who vote will go to the
polls and perpetuate the status quo.
Come ON….??
REally………..?? Wil, yuo need to get off your duff and go down and introduce yourself to someone in accounting…!
Do you have any idea how many admin personnel are “miffed”at the cost to their PENSIONS..???
A modest proposal from TBG:
THE University of South Carolina State University
A modest proposal: Shirts with THE Ohio State University on them be banned from being worn in South Carolina.