Illinois Contracts

The chief investigator for the office of the Cook County, Ill., court clerk was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to charges resulting from the FBI's Operation Incubator corruption probe. The investigator, Michael Lambesis, was also ordered to pay $35,000 in restitution and placed on five years' probation after his prison term. Lambesis pleaded guilty Aug.

A federal jury convicted one of Gov. Jim Edgar's biggest campaign donors of using bribes, including cash-stuffed envelopes and lobster dinners, to arrange a state contract that cheated taxpayers out of more than $7 million. Edgar, a Republican, was not accused of wrongdoing. The computer consulting firm won a huge increase in its contract with the Department of Public Aid in 1993 after showering state officials with gifts. The Springfield jury convicted Management Services of Illinois Inc.

A federal jury convicted one of Gov. Jim Edgar's biggest campaign donors of using bribes, including cash-stuffed envelopes and lobster dinners, to arrange a state contract that cheated taxpayers out of more than $7 million. Edgar, a Republican, was not accused of wrongdoing. The computer consulting firm won a huge increase in its contract with the Department of Public Aid in 1993 after showering state officials with gifts. The Springfield jury convicted Management Services of Illinois Inc.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of the widow of author John Cheever in her effort to control publication of a collection of his short stories. The ruling comes after a bitter three-year court battle. The state's highest court ruled that a contract between Mary Cheever and a Chicago publishing house seeking to publish the stories was not valid because it did not say how many stories or pages would be in the collection.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of the widow of author John Cheever in her effort to control publication of a collection of his short stories. The ruling comes after a bitter three-year court battle. The state's highest court ruled that a contract between Mary Cheever and a Chicago publishing house seeking to publish the stories was not valid because it did not say how many stories or pages would be in the collection.

The chief investigator for the office of the Cook County, Ill., court clerk was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to charges resulting from the FBI's Operation Incubator corruption probe. The investigator, Michael Lambesis, was also ordered to pay $35,000 in restitution and placed on five years' probation after his prison term. Lambesis pleaded guilty Aug.