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An Illinois appellate court ruled Tuesday that two insurers are not responsible for part of a $19 million settlement in underlying biometric privacy litigation based on a broad violation-of-law policy exclusion, saying the Seventh Circuit's recent analysis of nearly identical language is not "an accurate reflection of Illinois law."
Counsel for a former Chicago alderman accused of leveraging his power to get developers that had business before the city to hire his law firm urged jurors Thursday to see past the government's "noise and confusion," saying they shouldn't focus on "offhanded, inappropriate comments" they heard on tapes played at trial but only on his official actions.
A key government informant called to the stand by defense counsel for former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke testified Tuesday that he cooperated with the government and made secret recordings of the once-powerful politician to spare himself from criminal prosecution and jail time, lying "some of the time" while undercover.
A former Chicago alderman facing charges that he used his considerable power to steer property tax work to his law firm was heard Wednesday on recordings made by a government informant resisting involvement in a developer's plans to renovate Chicago's Old Main Post Office because "the cash register has not rung yet."
Jurors tasked with determining whether former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke abused his considerable power heard on Tuesday the first secret recordings made by a key government cooperator, in which Burke urges the cooperator to recommend his law firm to a developer and promises a benefit to the informant as part of the deal.