MTA's legal bills

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's attorneys spent tens of millions of dollars in legal fees while lacking sufficient cost controls and oversight, according to a new audit. http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_16586253

In six major cases alone, litigation costs by Metro attorneys totaled more than $80 million, according to the audit by Metro's inspector general. In eight other cases, fees topped $1 million each.

"Eighty million dollars - that's a lot," said City Controller Wendy Greuel. "It is an extraordinary amount of money as we look at funds necessary to public transportation that exists for buses and other services."