Mabry, No. 06-2324, 06-2322 Defendants' convictions and sentences for conspiring to solicit and obtain prohibited payments from union contractors, and for soliciting and obtaining such payments, in violation of the Taft-Hartley Act, are affirmed over claims that: 1) the informal resolution of a payment dispute qualified as a "settlement" under 29 U.S.C. section 186(c)(2); 2) insufficient evidence presented at trial to support a finding that the exception to liability under… [read post]