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File #: 21-4730   
Type: Board Letter for Action Status: Passed
File created: 6/12/2025 In control: Legal and Claims Committee
On agenda: 6/24/2025 Final action: 6/24/2025
Title: Report on litigation in Alicia Lorentzen v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 23STCV19214, and authorize increase in the maximum amount payable under a contract for legal services with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in the amount of $175,000 for a total amount not to exceed $600,000; report on litigation in Dane Crawford v. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Riverside County Superior Court Case No. CVPS2304015, and authorize increase in the maximum amount payable under a contract for legal services with Seyfarth Shaw LLP in the amount of $375,000 for a total amount not to exceed $900,000; and report on legal claim alleging equal employment opportunity violations, and authorize increase in the maximum amount payable under a contract for legal services with Seyfarth Shaw LLP in the amount of $200,000 for a total amount not to exceed $550,000; the General Manager has determined that the proposed actions...
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