Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Ethics Blogs -> Legal Ethics Forum
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense
Find a Local Lawyer
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402
Ethics
: Legal Ethics ForumCreative billing earns suspension
We might reminisce nostalgically about the days of yore when a lawyer could hang out a shingle and provide services in exchange for a chicken or bushel of potatoes. It seems, however, that there are limits to the services that we lawyers can accept as compensation. Lap dances by a client, apparently, are out, at least in part because the lawyer's representation "might be limited by his own interests."
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on September 23, 2008 (boomark / email).
International Creative Management, Inc
TV Writers Settle First of 23 Class Actions for $4.5 Million
Scripps Health
Faces Medical Services Billing Class Action
Yellow Pages
Directory Billing agrees $400,000 deceptive marketing settlement.
Billing Overcharges
T-Mobile USA agrees to refund customers $2.2 million in class action settlement.
Cancer Testing
Dianon Systems Inc. pays $1.5 million whistleblower settlement after billing for medically unnecessary tests.
Medicare Fraud
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta Inc. and Saint Joseph's Health System Inc. pay $26 million settlement for false inpatient billing.

Why Not Arbitration for Balance Billing
Different interpretations of block billing
Suspension For Unauthorized Practice
Does The Law Job Require An Annual Billing Quota Its Changing.
A How-To Guide on Flat-Fee Billing









