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Port Aransas ISD board approves contingent-fee legal agreements in youth social-media litigation
Summary
The Port Aransas Independent School District board voted 6–0 April 8 to enter contingent-fee legal agreements with three firms to represent the district in multi-district litigation over youth social-media usage and authorized required findings for submission to the Texas Attorney General.
Port Aransas Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted 6–0 on April 8 to enter into contingent-fee legal agreements with outside counsel to represent the district in litigation concerning youth social-media usage.
Trustee Marc Hofhiens moved to approve entering into the agreements; Leslie Mills seconded. The board recorded the vote as 6 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstained (Daniel Johnson absent). The firms named in the board action are Thompson & Horton, LLP; Eiland & Bonnin, PC; and O’Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo, PC. The board also adopted findings required by Texas Government Code 2254, Subchapter C, necessary for submission of a contingent-fee agreement and a request to the Texas Attorney General for expedited review.
Board President Kristi Littleton presided over the vote. The board’s action directs district leadership to finalize the agreements and submit the required materials for review; the meeting record notes the board approved both the findings for the contingent-fee contract and the agreement to retain the named firms.
The action followed a closed-session discussion item listed in the meeting agenda concerning participation in multi-district litigation and entering into contingency-fee contracts. The board’s vote does not itself disclose the terms of any fee arrangement; the motion and roll-call outcome were recorded in the minutes.
