“Madigan Ruling May Offer High Court New Bribery Test”

Mark Chutkow was quoted in Law360’s article “Madigan Ruling May Offer High Court New Bribery Test.” The article discusses former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s attempt to overturn his federal corruption conviction and whether the U.S. Supreme Court may revisit the case as part of its broader effort to narrow public corruption laws. The dispute focuses on whether prosecutors proved a sufficiently specific quid pro quo arrangement. 

Chutkow notes that the Supreme Court has recently shown skepticism toward broad corruption theories and suggests the justices may be interested in clarifying how specifically prosecutors must define a corrupt agreement under federal bribery law.