A Texas criminal defense attorney recently won a $2.5 million jury verdict in a civil fraud case against a company that -- under pressure from a U.S. Attorney's Office -- refused to pay his attorney fees for representing an accounting executive despite company bylaws providing for payment. Fee claims usually are brought as contract actions or as equitable proceedings under the law of the company's state of incorporation, said a white-collar crime scholar, noting the unusual filing of the civil fraud action.
June 08, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A Houston criminal defense attorney recently won a multimillion-dollar jury verdict in an unusual civil fraud case against a company that — under pressure from a U.S. Attorney’s Office — refused to pay his attorney fees for representing its accounting executive despite company bylaws providing for payment.
Texas State District Judge Sharolyn Wood on May 25 entered judgment on the jury’s $2.5 million verdict against the energy company, Dynegy Inc.
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