Bowen v.
Filed 7/31/06 Bowen v. CA2/1
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION ONE
| WILLIAM BOWEN (qui tam), Plaintiff and Respondent, ` v. UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants. | B178698 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC 210351) |
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Anthony J. Mohr, Judge. Affirmed.
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro, John L. Hosack and Andrea Y. Slade for Defendant and Appellant Union Bank of California.
Heller Ehrman, Jonathan P. Hayden, Warrington S. Parker III and Elizabeth S. Pehrson for Defendant and Appellant Bank of America Corporation.
The Law Office of Robert K. Crowe and Robert K. Crowe for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Ames, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Larry Raskin and Karen Z. Bovarnick, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
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INTRODUCTION
Defendants Union Bank of California and Bank of America appeal from an order denying their motion seeking attorney's fees from qui tam plaintiff William Bowen pursuant to the California False Claims Act, Government Code section 12650 et seq. (CFCA). We affirm the order.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff brought a qui tam action on behalf of the State of California and himself under the CFCA, alleging a â€
