SAN FRANCISCO — Upping the ante in their fight over class action ethics, two Bay Area attorneys have sued one of the state’s largest plaintiff shops, alleging that it’s a vehicle for hiding assets from their $20 million fraud suit.

Mark Chavez and Richard Zitrin allege that after they brought a fraud suit against Initiative Legal Group last summer, the firm began shifting its most valuable asset — pending contingency fee cases — to a new firm called Capstone Law APC.

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