Exporter Sues to Recoup Legal and Other Expenses

Alex Latifi, owner of Axion Corp. has won yet another case against the US government. His criminal case was thrown out because of lack of evidence and poor witnesses, after the success, Latifi’s lawyers filed for reimbursement of legal fees, filing costs and money spent on expert witnesses during his trial. The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act is designed “to give owners innocent of any wrongdoing the means to recover their property and make themselves whole after wrongful government seizures.” Latifi is expected to receive around $500,000.

Lawyers around the country are in agreement to say that this is going to change the way people look at arms-export cases. Cliff burns, an arms-export expert from Powell Goldstein explained, “This is the first time and it will create quite a stir, No one I know has ever recovered legal fees against the federal government in an arms-export case.”

More information:

• Axion contractor wins legal fees in government probe case (The Birmingham News)