Owners of a charitable fundraising entity left holding the tab when the Federal Trade Commission shut it down for misleading practices are suing their former lawyer, claiming it was his bad advice that led to the debacle.
Civic Development Group, of Edison, paid a nearly $19 million civil penalty in 2010 at the time, the largest ever in a federal consumer protection case and owners David Keezer and Scott Pasch helped fund it by turning over their assets, including Picassos and Van Goghs.
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