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Law Practice

Jul. 19, 2007

Cost Control Suffers Under County Counsel

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers in the Los Angeles county counsel's office often ignored procedures designed to limit its multimillion-dollar legal bills, according to a report of an internal county audit.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Lawyers in the Los Angeles county counsel's office often ignored procedures designed to limit its multimillion-dollar legal bills, according to a report of an internal county audit.
      County lawyers frequently submitted case evaluation plans late, underestimated litigation costs, increased case budgets without supervisor revi...

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