Reviewing legal bills

A federal judge has found that two law firms inflated their bills to the city by $900,000, renewing concerns that City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has spent too much money and provided too little oversight on outside counsel. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

But Delgadillo's office defended the firms, saying his staff approved each bill before payment. They credited the lawyers' work with helping win a major lawsuit and save the city tens of millions of dollars.

The city is supposed to receive partial reimbursement for the bills from Kern County, which lost a lawsuit filed by L.A. over transportation of sludge.