"It was more than likely a move maid to secure the potential future wealth InWith could return. WSGR has tied themselves to InWith"
Nah... They accepted free shares... probably not realizing that the gift acceptance would be spun as an investment of some kind to hopefully sell some more shares before going private!
Did they vet Solyndra?
Wilson Sonsini was drawn deeper into the Solyndra fray over the weekend when The New York Times reported that Steven Spinner—a senior official with the Energy Department's loan guarantee oversight office and a major fund-raiser for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign—had pushed hard for the Obama administration to provide Solyndra with the loan that helped sink it.
Recovery Act records show Allison Spinner’s law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, received $2.4 million in federal funds for legal fees related to the $535 million Energy Department loan guarantee to Solyndra, a solar company whose financial meltdown has prompted multiple investigations.
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