Lawyers Seek Millions In Fees For ‘Whistleblower’ Case That They Lost

Lawyers who spent more than a decade pursuing a whistleblower case that was ended earlier this year are now chasing after tens of millions of dollars in fees, according to a report in Legal Newsline. In a filing in federal court in California, law firms that specialize in fraud suits by private citizens in the name of the government have asked U.S. District Judge George H. Wu to award them fees for winning the long-running case against JM Eagle, the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic pipe, the only problem with their request: they lost. 

In a July order, Judge Wu dismissed damages claims against JM Eagle, finding the plaintiffs failed to present any evidence they had lost money and their experts couldn’t prove the company’s