L.A. Controller Demands Fleishman Apology

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BOSTON Los Angeles controller Laura Chick today demanded an apology from Omnicom Group’s Fleishman-Hillard during a city council hearing concerning her recent audit of the agency.

The demand comes two weeks after Chick’s audit of the L.A. office of Fleishman-Hillard found that the public relations firm overbilled the city’s Department of Water and Power by $4.2 million from 1998-2003 [Adweek Online, Nov. 16].

Richard Kline, senior partner and president of the agency’s L.A. office, said at the time, “We strongly disagree with the vast majority of the controller’s report.



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