Ford Sues Firm To Recover ‘Fraudulent’ Attorney Fees Won Under Lemon Law

( June 22, 2026, 11:05 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Ford Motor Co. filed a complaint in California federal court seeking recovery for what it calls “one of the largest attorney billing fraud schemes in California history,” asserting that a plaintiffs’ firm that has sued it repeatedly under California’s lemon law violated the state’s unfair competition law (UCL) by billing Ford for an estimated $25 million in “fabricated” attorney fee records based on fees for non-attorneys, including “overseas virtual assistants.”...