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Essex County authorizes outside counsel retainers and additional litigation fees; Tariq Branch case in discovery
3839769 · February 19, 2025
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Summary
The board approved multiple resolutions retaining outside counsel for workers' compensation and civil litigation matters, including fee increases for appellate and discovery work. County counsel said the Tariq Branch case remains in discovery and unlikely to close this year absent settlement.
The Essex County Board of County Commissioners approved a series of legal retention and fee‑increase resolutions covering workers' compensation, disciplinary appeals and ongoing civil litigation.
County counsel's office said the workers' compensation retentions (resolutions 13–15)…
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