March 11, 2026
A California federal judge has shut down Ford Motor Co.'s revised racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, saying the attorneys' underlying conduct in pursuing lemon law litigation is shielded by First Amendment protections.
February 11, 2026
Ford Motor Co. urged a California federal judge to keep alive its lawsuit accusing three Knight Law Group LLP-affiliated attorneys of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, scoffing at the attorneys' argument that they are immunized from liability related to lemon law litigation they have pursued.
January 07, 2026
Ford Motor Co. has dropped racketeering allegations against Knight Law Group LLP and other law firms and lawyers in its latest amended complaint over allegations of a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, while adding new obstruction of justice allegations against the three remaining attorney defendants.
November 21, 2025
Attorneys representing three lemon law firms urged a California federal judge Friday to dismiss a racketeering suit Ford Motor Co. brought against them alleging they engaged in fraudulent billing practices, with one saying the "chilling" litigation could open every lawsuit to similar claims.
September 30, 2025
The Ford Motor Co. has urged a Los Angeles federal judge to keep alive a racketeering lawsuit alleging three law firms specializing in California's lemon law engaged in a "death-by-a-thousand-cuts" fraudulent billing scheme to bleed the automaker dry, arguing the firms' immunity claims don't hold up.
September 15, 2025
Knight Law Group LLP, the Altman Law Group and Wirtz Law APC have urged a California federal judge to dismantle Ford Motor Co.'s racketeering lawsuit accusing the firms of overzealous billing and conspiring to dupe unsuspecting clients in product liability and personal injury cases against automakers.
July 28, 2025
Knight Law Group LLP and other firms urged a California federal judge Friday to toss The Ford Motor Co.'s allegations they conspired to dupe clients and defraud automakers by inflating billing, arguing that the racketeering claims are "retaliatory," insufficient and time-barred, and the firms are shielded under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine.
May 21, 2025
The Ford Motor Co. sued several California-based law firms and lawyers in Los Angeles federal court Wednesday, accusing them of conspiring to dupe clients and defraud major automotive manufacturers by more than $100 million by submitting falsely inflated time sheets in thousands of consumer protection cases.