Ford Motor Co. has filed a lawsuit against several California-based law firms and lawyers, accusing them of fraudulently inflating their legal fees by more than $100 million under the state's Lemon Law. The complaint alleges that the defendants submitted falsely inflated timesheets in thousands of consumer protection cases over the past decade, including one instance where a lawyer billed 57.5 hours in a single day. The lawsuit, which invokes the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, claims that these law firms conspired to overcharge clients and defraud automakers through a complex scheme described by Ford as a “magical mystery tour” of bogus work and time entries designed to evade detection. Ford is seeking $300 million in damages and has identified five Southern California lawyers as masterminds behind the racketeering enterprise spanning hundreds of lemon law cases.