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What do I think?If it were me, I'd be really angry and pissed off. I'd feel duped by fraudsters. I'd sue too.Here's the story: [1]A venture capitalist who gave $2.5 million to a pro-Trump group that said it was trying to find evidence of election fraud is now looking for a refund.A lawsuit said Fred Eshelman gave vast sums to the Texas-based True the Vote Inc. but was soon disappointed with its efforts.True the Vote mounted lawsuits in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin but later dropped them. It says it is nonetheless still investigating fraud allegations.Eshelman said he pressed True the Vote for details of how it was spending his money but instead got "platitudes, and empty promises."Here's the complaint. [2]True the Vote is an organization that claims to identify and fight voter fraud. [3] Right after the 2020 election, they filed 4 very similar “Validate The Vote" lawsuits in GA, MI, WI and PA. You can download the lawsuits from their website.The complaints were filed around Nov 11, 2020, and brought on behalf of 3 to 4 individual voters in each state. All allege massive voter fraud, demand immediate access to full voter rolls, and other election registration and polling information, an order removing all illegal votes, an injunction barring election certification, and relief in the form of attorneys fees and expenses.It doesn't appear that any court appearances were scheduled. All complaints were voluntarily dismissed around Nov 16, 2020.Ask yourself this question.If you gave an organization 2.5M to pursue election fraud, because they represented to you that they had a surefire case, and convinced you into spending a ton of money to make sure that pursuing election fraud in MI, GA, PA, and WI would be successful; would you be a bit angry, and feel duped, when lawsuits were filed and dismissed several days later without any action taken?Perhaps the Trump Campaign, and these “election integrity” organizations, can dupe Republicans for small amounts of money.But when you start to dupe wealthier people, to the tune of $2.5M, charge them 600K per lawsuit, and then dismiss them 5 days later; you might want your money back too.The real question is: How many other Republicans were duped into giving large sums of money to this organization?Footnotes[1] A donor who gave $2.5 million to a pro-Trump group looking for election fraud wants his money back after disappointing results[2] Donor to pro-Trump group sues to get his money back after dropped election lawsuits[3] True the Vote - Free and Fair Elections for All Americans

It depends on what you mean and where you are. I will answer for the United States.In you have what is a fee dispute with your lawyer, that is a civil matter. In some states there is a requirement that lawyers agree to a fee dispute resolution process. In others there is no requirement, but some county bar associations provide a fee dispute resolution process in which lawyers and clients may participate. The best way to find out how this works in your state is to search "attorney fee dispute state." This should show you something about how fee disputes are handled.If there is no fee dispute process or the fee dispute process does not work, your next step would be to sue. Be aware though that a lawsuit will not look into whether the lawyer did a good job. Just whether the fees were reasonable and appropriate for the work he claimed to do.If you mean the lawyer violated an ethical rule, then you can file a complaint with the ethics body in the state. To find out how to do this, search "ethics complaint attorney state." This should bring you to some sort of disciplinary page explaining the process. Most states have an online form you can complete.If you mean the lawyer actively committed malpractice, then you would want to hire another lawyer to sue him. Legal malpractice requires:1. Violation of the legal standard of care2. Which caused damage3. The damage must be directly related to the violation4. The damage would also need to be serious, because proving such cases is very expensive and time consuming

In the Philippines, the general rule is that attorney’s fees cannot be recovered absent a stipulation. Some cases where the loser has to pay attorney's fees as a form of damages are: when exemplary damages (punitive) are awarded; when the defendant’s act or omission has compelled the plaintiff to litigate with third persons or to incur expenses to protect his interest; in case of a clearly unfounded civil action; where the defendant acted in gross and evident bad faith in refusing to satisfy the plaintiff’s plainly valid, just and demandable claim; in actions for legal support; in a separate civil action to recover civil liability arising from a crime; and a wide case of instances where the court deems it just and equitable that attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation should be recovered. (Art. 2208 of the Philippine Civil Code.)