BOSTON — A former business partner of Cognos software salesman Joseph Lally said he was “chastised” by Lally for using Speaker Salvatore DiMasi’s name in an email.

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick’s former budget boss, Leslie Kirwan, is expected to take the stand Tuesday in the federal corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.

BOSTON — Bethann Pepoli, who was the deputy chief of the Massachusetts information technology division in 2006, testified Monday that she supported a $15 million contract for performance management software that year primarily because Speaker Salvatore DiMasi had expressed support for it.

BOSTON — Defense attorneys for former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi tried to portray ex-salesman Joseph Lally as a tax cheat and compulsive gambler whose testimony could not be trusted.

BOSTON — Former salesman Joseph Lally was calm and undeterred as he delivered damaging testimony Thursday of the scheme to funnel kickbacks to former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.

BOSTON — A key witness in the federal corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore Dimasi was furious at co-defendant Richard McDonough in the months prior to the trial, at one point firing off an expletive-laden email about him, according to testimony Thursday.

BOSTON — A key government witness against former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said he didn’t want to be there. But DiMasi’s longtime law associate, Steven Topazio, took the stand Tuesday in the ongoing federal corruption trial of DiMasi and two co-defendants.

BOSTON — Jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi heard from their first witness on Friday, beginning a case that one defense attorney said would be an education into how State House politics work.

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick is being called to testify in the federal public corruption trial of former state House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.

BOSTON — With 12 jurors and four alternates now in place, the federal trial of former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi turns to opening statements Thursday.

BOSTON — Prosecutors and defense lawyers on Tuesday accepted a panel of eight men and eight women — four are alternates. Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday.

BOSTON — Prosecutors and defense lawyers have begun questioning prospective jurors in the corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.

BOSTON — Opening statements in the corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi are not expected until next week.

BOSTON — Jury selection begins at federal court Tuesday in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi. The trial has the potential to provide an explosive look into lobbying and influence peddling on Beacon Hill.

BOSTON — The state’s top political leaders including Gov. Deval Patrick are listed as potential witnesses in the upcoming corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and two co-defendants.

BOSTON — “Today, I took responsibility for my actions. I’m looking forward to putting this behind me,” said Joseph Lally Jr., the salesman at the center of the corruption case involving former Speaker Sal DiMasi.

BOSTON — The State Retirement Board has voted to repay suspended pension money a court says is owed to former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, but it’s also appealing to clarify the law.

BOSTON — A Boston judge has ruled the state cannot take away the former Massachusetts speaker’s retirement benefits without holding a hearing first.

BOSTON — The state Office of Campaign and Political Finance has ordered the Boston Democrat’s political action committee to pay $5,500 in fines and shut down its operations.

BOSTON — A judge has delayed until June 30 a hearing on whether former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi should resume getting his state pension as he faces federal corruption charges.