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"If so I wonder who funded the original lawsuit -- was that not enough -- or was this the idea all along?"

The plaintiffs law firms "funded it" by working for free, on a contingency basis: if plaintiffs win, the law firms get paid for their work. They won. Now they seek payment for their work.

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But instead of from their client, they seek payment from their victim—the company's shareholders, including market indexers such as retirement funds.

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Their client is a group of the company's shareholders.