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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Law - Chicago: "The winners in city scandals? The lawyers "

A long story today by Tim Novak, Art Golab and others today in the Chicago Sun-Times begins:

As City Hall's scandals mount, so do the legal bills for taxpayers.

Since January 2004, Mayor Daley's administration has spent more than $625,000 on outside lawyers to represent city employees in federal criminal investigations, records show.

Even more interesting is the side-bar, which lists top billings of law firms to which the City has paid more than $49 million in legal fees since January 2004. Another list shows the city departments that have spent the most money on outside legal fees since January 2004. Topping the list by far: Police $34 million.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 10, 2008 11:14 AM
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