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Riverside Local board approves retention of outside counsel after narrowing contract scope
Summary
The Riverside Local School District Board voted to retain outside counsel from McGowan and Mark Lane Company, LPA, after amending the proposed engagement to remove language that would have made the firm responsible for "all covered litigation matters." The board then recessed into executive session to discuss personnel and imminent litigation.
The Riverside Local School District Board of Education voted to retain outside legal counsel on a 3–2 roll call after first approving a narrower scope for the engagement.
At the start of the meeting, the board amended the agenda and then turned to a proposed retention of the law firm identified in the record as McGowan and Mark Lane Company, LPA, and the attorney present, Matt Markling. An unidentified board member raised concerns that the draft contract’s language—specifically a clause referring to representation in "all covered litigation matters"—was overly broad and asked that the board limit the engagement to the specific matter the board would discuss in executive session.
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