Chicago Legal Business: Crain’s Chicago Business notes that the total bill incurred by the city of Chicago to respond to the Justice Department’s civil rights investigation of city police has exceeded three quarters of a million dollars. The city owed two-thirds to Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, which is doing the “grunt work” of the investigation, the business newspaper said, while Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has earned $186,000 so far. Also in the report: “Jamie Gorelick, the lead WilmerHale attorney representing Chicago, worked 26 hours on the case at $1,274 an hour. Her lieutenant, partner Brent Gurney, logged 72 hours at $977 an hour.”
The scrutiny over Chicago police’s use of force provided a second opportunity for Big Law this week, when an independent oversight agency hired McGuireWoods to audit the findings of shootings investigations, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Hastert Hubbub: Someone who accuses former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of sexual abuse may testify against him, Politico reports, in the Chicago courtroom that’s hearing his criminal case related to alleged hush money payments.
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