Aon settles legal battle with Willis over CFO hire

Aon has settled a short but bitter dispute with rival Willis
Towers Watson, which stood accused of unfair competition after
hiring Mike Burwell as CFO.
Willis said today that it had "resolved" the legal battle
with Aon over Burwell, who previously had consulted on Aon's
restructuring as part of a PwC team, adding that dueling lawsuits
related to the hiring had subsequently been dismissed.
In a complaint filed in Illinois federal court last week, Aon
tried to block Willis from...