Philadelphia firm Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, handling a false-claims suit that yielded a $12.6 million settlement, may collect fees due via the client’s contingency agreement as well as those payable by statute by the other party, a federal judge has said.
"Whether the federal False Claims Act allows an attorney to receive both statutory fees and a contingency fee is an issue of first impression in this circuit" but "the court is convinced that the statute does allow for an attorney to recover both fees," U.S. District Judge Joseph Irenas of the District of New Jersey held Monday.
