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Richardson ISD approves contingency-fee legal agreement to consider joining social-media litigation
Summary
Trustees voted 6-0 to adopt a resolution and a contingent-fee legal services agreement to enable the district to seek recovery from social-media companies for costs tied to student behavior and mental-health impacts; the agreement must first be approved by the Texas attorney general.
The Richardson ISD Board of Trustees approved a resolution and a contingent-fee legal services agreement that would allow the district to seek to join multi-district litigation against social-media companies. The board voted unanimously, 6-0, to adopt the resolution and then to approve the agreement, both of which require review and approval by the Texas attorney general before any legal work can begin.
Leticia McGowan, acting as board legal counsel, told trustees that contingent-fee agreements are…
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