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Council approves litigation funding for outside law firms after public complaint about campaign contributions
Summary
The council approved ordinances and motions to fund outside law firms that defend the council and to increase caps on existing professional service agreements; a public commenter alleged partners had contributed to a candidate's campaign and urged an ethics investigation.
The New Orleans City Council voted to appropriate funds to cover general litigation costs for outside law firms that represent the council and approved amendments increasing the authorized payments to two of those firms.
The council acted on ordinances that appropriate money to cover litigation costs for Barrasso, Gustin, Kupperman, Freeman & Savoie LLC (and related firms) and on motion M25522 authorizing the council president to execute amendments increasing maximum compensation under two professional service agreements by $350,000 and $250,000, respectively. The clerk recorded the ordinance votes as adopted; one appropriation vote was recorded as "5 yeas, 1 nay." The…
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