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Attorney Fees Not Exempt from Disclosure Under California Public Records Act

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2013 published in Prison Legal News November, 2013, page 17
Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records, Discovery. Location: California.
The California Court of Appeal held on November 16, 2012 that billing and payment records reflecting the amount of money a government agency paid in attorney fees to defend against a pending civil rights action were not exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (CPRA), Government Code § …

 

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