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Civil Litigation

Jan. 7, 2026

Ford sharpens RICO case accusing Knight Law Group of fake billing

Ford's amended civil RICO complaint alleging fabricated lemon law billing narrows defendants to three Knight Law Group attorneys.

Ford sharpens RICO case accusing Knight Law Group of fake billing
Douglass Lampe

An amended complaint by Ford Motor Company sharpened its civil RICO case over an alleged decade-long scheme to submit fabricated attorney billing records in California lemon law cases, narrowing the defendants to three key figures and adding evidence from deposition testimony.

The amended complaint filed Monday by attorneys with Kasowitz LLP accused principals of the Knight Law Group of adopting "the principles of the moving assembly line to devise and operationalize a fraudu...

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