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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide for Legal Representation in a civil action for damages due to water contamination against Defendants, who manufactured, marketed, distributed, and/or sold products containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"), including, but not limited to aqueous film-forming foam ("AFFF"), a firefighting product used to control and extinguish aviation, marine, fuel, and other flammable liquid fires and contains perfluorooctanoic acid ("PFOA") and/or perfluorooctane sulfonic acid ("PFOS").
Entity Name: Stag Liuzza, LLC and Murphy Orlando, LLC
Entity Address: 365 Canal Street, Suite 2850, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 and 494 Broad Street, 5th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: Undetermined, no municipal funds will be expended
Funding Source: Funds, penalties, attorney's fee recovered through the Multi-District Litigation
Contract Period: One (1) year commencing upon adoption of the Municipal Council
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") is committed to delivering clean drinking water to its customers; and
WHEREAS, the City is also committed to identifying parties and taking reasonable steps to avoid passing on the costs to its consumers for the treatment and remediation of contamination; and
WHEREAS, Stag Liuzza , L.L.C., 365 Canal Street, Suite 2850, New Orleans, LA 70130, is a law firm that has put together a team of uniquely qualified and experienced attorneys (collectively the "Firm") who have joined together to assist public entities facing the challenges posed by contamination with per- and polyfluo...
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