The closed session item was added to Tuesday's agenda days after a Superior Court Judge issued an order charting a path for the legal battle that has been winding its way through the courts since June 2016.

The item also was taken up after the Los Angeles Times reported that the law firm representing the City -- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher -- had submitted an $1.8-million invoice to the City of Los Angeles for two weeks of work in May.

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