Feds, some lawmakers tackle post-Madigan efforts to curb public corruption
Federal authorities and state lawmakers say they will keep fighting public corruption in Illinois after the conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Morris Pasqual, acting U.S.
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Trump order should stop sentencing of execs in ComEd bribery case, defense argues
Defense attorneys are pointing to a Feb. 10 executive order from President Donald Trump pausing enforcement of the Foreign ...
Litigation Leaders: Troy Brown of Morgan Lewis on Helping Clients With Crisis Management
This practice brings together top litigators across our disputes practices to guide clients through existential threats,” Brown says. “These publicly scrutinized, high-stakes matters highlight our ...
Mixed verdict in ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan case reflects a new, harder reality for federal prosecutors
Shortly after former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction on federal corruption charges, the leaders of Chicago’s top federal investigative agencies appeared in the lobby of the Dirksen U.S.
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McClain attorney hopeful for new trial on previous conviction following favorable ruling in latest trial
According to media reports and interviews with jurors, the jury panel reached a point where they had an 11-1 vote to acquit ...
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Chicago Tribune reporter who wrote book on Madigan says testimony to distance himself from McClain ‘backfired’
Long also didn't believe Madigan did himself any favors by attempting to make McClain look like a rogue operative who wasn't ...
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Editorial | Jury's verdict pulls curtain down on Madigan's long run at center stage
Springfield’s Bill Cellini and Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, to name just two — Madigan couldn’t bear not being at the epicenter of power in Illinois or the idea of abandoning the questionable practices ...
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Madigan jury ends third day of deliberations without verdict
CHICAGO — The Michael Madigan jury has ended its third day of deliberations without a verdict in Illinois’ highest-stakes public corruption trial in years. The jury of eight women and four men ...
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Eye On Illinois: With Madigan, looking backward only useful for charting a better future
The party in power has to make these changes. Republicans can’t do it alone, nor does their public relations campaign have ...
Jim Dey: Madigan: The political giant who crashed and burned
The earth didn't shake this week when former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted on corruption charges. But it could have. Perhaps it should have. This was Illinois political history ...
Madigan Conviction Marks an End to the Daley-Style Machine Era
The conviction of Michael J. Madigan on corruption and conspiracy charges marks a definitive end to the Daley-style machine era. There, we said it. Yes, the federal jury that sat for months hearing ...
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Convicted ex-speaker’s pension payments to stop, but money paid out remains Madigan’s
Illinois taxpayers are off the hook for Michael Madigan’s future pension payments, now that the former Illinois House speaker ...