Comments on: Downfall of a California police-union law firm https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/scandal-hits-l-area-police-union-law-firm/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Costa Mesa Syndrome - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/scandal-hits-l-area-police-union-law-firm/comment-page-1/#comment-264343 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:15:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43067#comment-264343 […] on the phenomenon of police harassment of local political opponents (earlier here, here, etc.) By no means are the reports limited to […]

]]> By: Boblipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/scandal-hits-l-area-police-union-law-firm/comment-page-1/#comment-257446 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:52:10 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43067#comment-257446 It sounds like the city spends as much to defend itself from its police as its criminals.

Bob

]]> By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/scandal-hits-l-area-police-union-law-firm/comment-page-1/#comment-257389 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:53:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43067#comment-257389 Here’s a recent clip about the law firm’s battles on behalf of an officer fired by the city of Torrance fifteen years ago. “The final legal tab for Torrance taxpayers was nearly $570,000, believed to be the largest amount ever spent by the city to defend itself against a former police officer.”

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