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: Legal Pad | LAExpenditure limit lifted in fraud litigation
By Richard Binder
San Bernardino County Counsel Ruth Stringer has requested that the Board of Supervisors remove a spending cap from the county's contract with Irell & Manella in connection with the civil action against former county assessor Bill Postmus.
John Hueston, an attorney with the firm, has been looking into alleged wrongdoings at the assessor's office for over a year now. His report, including allegations of timecard fraud and a conspiracy by Postmus to use his position for political gain, was issued last May and prompted the current suit against Postmus and several of his former employees.
Hueston was initially retained on a $250,000 contract but last May the amount was doubled to $500,000. According to county spokesman David Wert, the firm has since billed the county $448,946.18.
Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on March 03, 2010 (boomark / email).
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