GOP leggies hire former solicitor general in lame-duck suit, Elections Commission gets private attorneys

The GOP-controlled state Legislature has retained former Solicitor General Misha Tseytlin to represent it in one of several lawsuits filed over the lame-duck session laws. Meanwhile, the Elections Commission will be represented in the case by former Deputy Attorney General Dan Bach and two colleagues at Lawton & Cates. The terms of the contract, which call for the firm to make up to $50,000, a...