The session began
with a closed
door meeting by Senate Republicans, the first time that the majority party members met together since the publication of a New York Times report that says
federal prosecutors are investigating Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and his son, for possible corruption.
In March, after the firm entered into a nonprosecution agreement
with federal prosecutors and agreed to pay a $ 76 million IRS penalty, Jenkens & Gilchrist, which once numbered more than 600 lawyers, closed its
doors for good.