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Government

Feb. 4, 2022

Covington & Burling will investigate LA county’s contracting policies

Procedures came into question after Mark Ridley-Thomas, who sat on the board of supervisors from 2008 to 2020, was indicted on bribery charges in October.

Los Angeles County hired Covington & Burling LLP to investigate it's contracting policies and major service contracts in light of the federal bribery indictments facing former Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, the county announced Thursday.

The audit will be led by Los Angeles partners Carolyn Kubota and Dan Shallman - two former federal prosecutors who work in Covington's investigative practice. The firm has retained forensic auditing f...

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