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fromLos Angeles Times
9 hours ago

Law firm's contract hiked to nearly $7.5 million in L.A. homelessness case

Los Angeles increased Gibson Dunn's contract to nearly $7.5 million to defend the city in homelessness litigation, with multiple lawyers billing about $1,300 per hour.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Five years of litigation over homelessness devolves into a battle of definitions

U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter kicked off the hearing in November with a searing review of the city's "pattern of defiance of settlement agreement and the deadlines contained within it with performance or performative compliance only resulting in the wake of court hearings." Four days of testimony, spread over nearly two months, have produced a striking record of confusion and disagreement over the meaning of basic terms such as "homeless encampment" and "persons served,"
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