A court maintained that legal fees paid by the Philippine government to lawyers it hired to handle its case against the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (Piatco), the builder of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3, were excessive and illegal.

One of these lawyers was Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, who, as legal researcher, received P15 million.

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