A courtroom victory is turning into a nightmare for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld after the firm discovered that a client’s case was premised on deceit.

Akin Gump told a judge Wednesday that its client, a software developer called LBDS Holding Company, fabricated evidence in order to win a $25 million jury verdict earlier this year in the Eastern District of Texas. The scheme was laid bare when Akin Gump asked to withdraw from the case and its adversaries urged the judge to toss the verdict.