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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...
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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...
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“Churn That Bill, Baby!”
So wrote a lawyer from DLA Piper, a prominent international law firm, in an email to another firm lawyer celebrating the assignment of “random people working full time on random research projects in...
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A Boilerplate Lawsuit Costs How Much???
English: Subway logo and slogan taken from marketing materials found online in PDF format. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In Brooklyn, a boilerplate American With Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit can cost...
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You Can’t Judge Attorneys By Their Reputations
So you’ve hired the most expensive, well-respected lawyer in the city to handle the most important dispute of your life. Think that guarantees you will be well represented? Think again. vsb.org On May...
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Attorney Tip #3 – Bill Padding Could Lead to Prison
For the legions of attorneys who meticulously bill their time and expenses, LPR applauds your honesty and integrity. This cautionary tale is for those who work in firms with attorneys who engage in...
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Robbing The Elderly . . . Sanctioned By The Court?
A guardian, conservator, or other-termed fiduciary, often an attorney, is appointed by the court when certain elders (and others) are incapable of caring for themselves and/or their property, and they...
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“Is Your Lawyer’s Bill Too High?”
We have written about HALT.org (Help Abolish Legal Tyranny) in previous posts and its work for transparency in attorney discipline and reporting on state bar associations’ secrecy in the handling of...
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Corporate In-House Counsel Embezzled Millions
Longtime in-house senior patent lawyer, Jason Throne, recently admitted to defrauding Hunter Douglas in an elaborate 14-year embezzlement scheme in which he bilked the company out of over $5 million,...
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Should You Pay For Attorney Mistakes?
Patrick Lamb, an attorney and blogger, wrote about attorney mistakes in his August 6, 2015 post on abajournal.com titled “How lawyers can embrace mistakes.” In his piece, Mr. Lamb suggests that...
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