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Caveat Emptor – Legal Buyer Beware
In December 2011, Debra Cassens Weiss posted an article on the ABA Journal website titled Suit by Fired Lawyer Claims Law Firm Encouraged Fraud with 3000-Hour Billable Quota. The article reported on a California lawyer’s employment bias law suit alleging he … Continue reading
It’s 2012, Do You Know If The Attorney You Are Choosing Has A Disciplinary History?
In the long-running saga of Lindsay Lohan’s legal troubles, every single misstep — each dirty drug test, every missed court appearance, even a profane message etched on her fingernail — was publicized, scrutinized and dissected in tabloids the world over. … Continue reading
Legal Consumer Tip #1 – Take Notes
Dear legal consumers, We ran across a very interesting blog post by Eric Cooperstein, a Minnesota lawyer who defends attorneys facing ethics complaints and fee disputes. On Lawyerist.com: (law-yer-ist) n. The lawyering survival guide, Mr. Cooperstein posted Avoid Ethics Complaints by … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Attorneys, Clients, Fee Disputes, Lawyers, Legal Consumer, Legal Ethics, Taking Notes
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Why Do So Many Lawyers False Bill?
Perhaps many lawyers false bill because they can get away with it. Padding billable time, for example, has become so common that many lawyers don’t even consider it improper. Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorneys, Clients, Conflict of Interest, False Billing, Lawyers, Legal Consumer, Leverage, Resource, Second Opinion
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Billing Fraud: Past, Present . . . and Future?
Now that LPR has been established, we are receiving information from interested people about issues legal consumers face. One such person sent us a link to an article published in 1999, written by Catholic University law professor Lisa Lerman, titled Blue-Chip … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorneys, Billing Fraud, Clients, False Billing, Fraudulent Billing, Lawyers, Legal Consumer, Over Billing
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