Whistleblower Atty Award Cut To $5.4M After 9th Circ. Remand

By Sydney Price · August 31, 2026, 10:29 PM EDT

A California federal judge cut fees and expenses to $5.4 million for attorneys representing a whistleblower in her suit against Academy Mortgage Corp., after a Ninth Circuit remand deemed the previously...

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Case Information

Case Title

United States of America et al v. Academy Mortgage Corporation

Case Number

3:16-cv-02120

Court

California Northern

Nature of Suit

Other Statutes: False Claims Act

Date Filed

April 21, 2016


Case Title

Thrower, et al. v. Academy Mortgage Corporation

Case Number

24-4103

Court

Appellate - 9th Circuit

Nature of Suit

 

Date Filed

July 03, 2024