Government
Feb. 9, 2012
City attorney's contract with firm is on contingency
The Los Angeles city attorney's office has been less than eager to disclose the details of its contingency-fee arrangement with a private firm retained for a recently filed suit against financial services company Northern Trust Corp.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - When City Attorney Carmen A. Trutanich announced a suit against Northern Trust Corp. over the financial services company's alleged mismanagement of city pension funds, he seemed eager to capture the public eye.
"There's a new watchdog in the city of Los Angeles," he told an assemblage of reporters and photographers at Thursday's press conference.
But since th...
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