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BPI Fights for Government Ethics Reform with

CHANGE Illinois!

CHANGE Illinois! is a coalition of civic, business, labor, professional, non-profit and philanthropic organizations advocating for comprehensive political reform. Created a year ago, the coalition identified contribution limits, combined with more frequent public reporting of contributions and strengthened oversight of campaign finance laws, as its first priority in its effort to reduce the influence of large contributors. The coalition's work led to passage of the state's first contribution limits system, which will take effect next Jan. 1.

BPI staff and directors are playing an active role in CHANGE Illinois! BPI Vice President Deborah Harrington serves as Co-Chair of the Coalition; Executive Director Hoy McConnell and Directors Dawn Clark Netsch and Tony Valukas are members of the Steering Committee; and Director Frank Beal is an active member.

CHANGE Illinois! continues to build a statewide grassroots network to advocate additional reforms, including expansion of the limits law to include party and legislative leader contributions in general election cycles. For more information, go to www.changeil.org.

Click here to see the latest press release from CHANGE Illinois!

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BPI Representing City of Chicago

Inspector General in Litigation

BPI is representing the Inspector General for the City of Chicago in a suit to enforce a subpoena served upon the Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago. The subpoena seeks documents in an ongoing investigation into possible misconduct in the award of a sole-source contract to a former City employee. The Law Department has withheld production of several documents unredacted, asserting they are protected by the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. The underlying issue in the case is whether in the context of an official investigation of possible government misconduct, government lawyers may properly refuse to disclose relevant information on these grounds. The suit was filed on November 4th, 2009. You can read more about the litigation in this Sun Times article by Carol Marin.