The reason for the $100M damages is in the Petition. Read the 12 page QMC petition in post #90580?
From the last page - In the event that K&L Gates' conduct is determined to be criminal or a violation of insider trading laws, punitive damages of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) or whatever sum the jury finds is adequate punishment to prevent this type of conduct in the future when a billion-dollar elitist law firm considers trampling on a client without adequate resources to defend themselves. Predatory lenders prey on financial difficulties. A predatory law firm can prey on the concept of justice itself.