This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Government

May 18, 2012

State AG bills state agencies like private clients

In a push to clamp down on runaway litigation costs, the state attorney general's office has begun rejecting cases from state agencies that can't afford to pay out of their own budgets.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In a push to clamp down on runaway litigation costs, the state attorney general's office has begun rejecting cases from state agencies that can't afford to pay out of their own budgets.


The change is novel in California. For years, the attorney general's office accepted any and all litigation matters sent its way - defending state departments in everything from constitutional claims to emp...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up