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McAllen ISD approves contingent-fee contract to join multi-district social-media litigation
Summary
The McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a resolution and a contingent-fee agreement Feb. 25 to join consolidated litigation in the Northern District of California alleging harms to students from social media; the resolution passed 6-0 and the contract passed 5-1.
McAllen Independent School District trustees on Feb. 25 approved a resolution authorizing the district to pursue contingent-fee legal services and then approved a professional-services agreement to join multi-district litigation in the Northern District of California alleging social-media companies harmed students’ mental health and increased counseling costs.
The resolution authorizing the contingent-fee approach passed unanimously, 6-0. A second item to execute a professional-services agreement with outside counsel passed 5-1; trustees Rivera and Delagarza Lopez moved and seconded the motions reported in open session.
The agreement names local counsel working with other firms to participate in consolidated litigation that district staff said includes private law firms and several Texas school…
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