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Jan. 12, 2022
Guilty plea of former LA city attorney official raises new questions about litigation scheme
The Department of Justice's announcement that a former high-ranking member of the Los Angeles city attorney's office had agreed to plead guilty to aiding and abetting extortion raised new questions about a scheme in which the city hand-picked plaintiffs' lawyers to sue itself, attorneys said Tuesday.
The Department of Justice's announcement that a former high-ranking member of the Los Angeles city attorney's office had agreed to plead guilty to aiding and abetting extortion raised new questions about a scheme in which the city hand-picked plaintiffs' lawyers to sue itself, attorneys said Tuesday.
Thomas H. Peters, who was chief of the Civil Litigation Branch of the city attorney's office from 2014 to 2019, agreed to plead guilty to one...
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