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Tim O’Toole Discusses Supreme Court Honest Services Ruling in the Chicago Sun-Times

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"Prosecutors Lose Powerful Weapon"

Chicago Sun-Times

Tim O’Toole comments on the Supreme Court ruling that the honest services fraud law is too vague and must be limited to bribes or kickbacks, dealing a blow to prosecutors. O'Toole summed up the ruling this way: "The days when a creative prosecutor could indict private individuals and/or public officials based on any sort of dishonest conduct are now largely gone."