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Little Rock approves contingency hire of outside law firm in Marquette Transportation case; council to seek Arkansas governing law
Summary
The board approved an emergency ordinance authorizing a contract with Cohen Frey PC to assist in litigation against Marquette Transportation Company and related defendants; the city attorney said the firm will be paid one-third of recoveries and the board asked that the contract be governed by Arkansas law before execution.
The City of Little Rock on Sept. 2 authorized the city manager to enter into a professional-services contract with Cohen Frey PC of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, to assist in presentation of evidence and trial preparation in the city's lawsuit against Marquette Transportation Company and Gulf Inland LLC (case number recorded in the ordinance title). The ordinance was presented under an emergency clause and advanced through three readings.
City Attorney told the board the firm's fee arrangement is a contingency: "It will be a third one way or the other," he said, indicating the firm…
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