The contract had been the basis of a $24 million verdict that Akin Gump had secured for the client. The client’s adversary in the case brought the forgery to Akin Gump’s attention after the close of the lawsuit, at which point Akin Gump gave its client the option of coming clean to the court. Once the client declined this invitation to report its alleged fraud, Akin filed a motion to withdraw that laid out its account of the client’s misdeeds.