ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
23-474
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 21, 2020
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve Contract No.
DCCB-2020-C-0020 with Edelson PC to provide outside legal counsel to assist with
litigation against Juul Labs, Inc., and to authorize payment for the goods and services
received and to be received under the contract.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the Contract No. DCCB-2020-C-0020 with Edelson PC Approval
and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2020.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists a need to approve Contract No. DCCB-2020-C-0020 with
Edelson PC to obtain outside legal counsel to assist with litigation against Juul Labs, Inc., the
dominant market player in a spiraling public health emergency of teenage e-cigarette use, as well
as to assist with investigations of other e-cigarette manufacturers for violating the Districts
Consumer Protection Procedures Act in the design and marketing of e-cigarette products. District
teenagers and the public need protection against Juuls deceptive and unfair trade practices.
There is also a need to authorize payment for the goods and services to be received under
Contract No. DCCB-2020-C-0020.
(b) Council approval is necessary to allow the Office of the Attorney General to obtain
the services of outside legal counsel to assist with litigation against Juul Labs, Inc. Contract No.
DCCB-2020-C-0020 is a multiyear contract, which has a 5-year base period calculated from the
date of the contracts award.
(c) Council approval is also necessary because the contract could require the payment of
more than $1 million during a 12-month period. The contract is a contingency fee contract with a
cost reimbursement component, calculated as a percentage of any monetary award obtained by
the Edelson PC on behalf of the District, payable only upon the Districts receipt of such an
award.
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Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Contract No. DCCB-2020-C-0020 with Edelson PC Approval and Payment Authorization
Emergency Act of 2020 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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