The Jones Day law firm today pushed back on claims that Mayor Mike Duggan was misled during Detroit's historic bankruptcy, promising a vigorous defense of any lawsuit the city brings, the Detroit Free Press reported today. Duggan last week told City Council that former emergency manager Kevyn Orr "concealed" information from him and Detroit CFO John Hill about calculations used to predict the city's future pension payments. Duggan's claims are "categorically untrue," a Jones Day spokesman said yesterday. "There was never any intent to mislead the mayor or John Hill," the spokesman said. "If anyone brings a claim, the firm will vigorously defend itself." Duggan initially raised the prospect of a lawsuit against bankruptcy consultants early last year when the city discovered an estimated $491-million shortfall between pension payments estimated in the bankruptcy exit plan, approved in 2014, and more recent figures.
