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Inmates at Chino State Prison exercise in the yard December 10, 2010 in Chino, California. (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

AP: Calif. Paid $182M Over Last 15 Years For Inmates’ Lawsuits

Gov. Jerry Brown has begun aggressively challenging federal court oversight of California’s prison system by highlighting what he says is a costly conflict of interest: The private law firms representing inmates and the judges’ own hand-picked authorities benefit financially by keeping the cases alive.

2013/02/11

Bio: Richard S. Costigan III

Richard S. Costigan III is the Senior Director of State and Government Affairs at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. He was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California State Personnel Board (SPB), which is responsible for the state’s Civil Service System.

2012/08/26