The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law CUA Law Scholarship Repository Scholarly Articles and Other Contributions Faculty Scholarship 1999 Blue-Chip Bilking: Regulation of Billing and Expense Fraud by Lawyers Lisa G. Lerman The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.edu/scholar Part of the Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Commons, and the Legal Profession Commons Recommended Citation Lisa G. Lerman, Blue-Chip Bilking: Regulation of Billing and Expense Fraud by Lawyers, 12 GEO. J. LEGAL ETHICS 205 (1999). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at CUA Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scholarly Articles and Other Contributions by an authorized administrator of CUA Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Blue-Chip Bilking: Regulation of Billing and Expense Fraud by Lawyers LISA G. LERMAN* ... And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.' Where... were the outside accountants and attorneys when these transactions were effectuated? What is difficult to understand is that with all the profes- sional talent involved.., why at least one professional would not have blown the whistle to stop the overreachingthat took place in this case 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........ ..................................... 208 A. SIXTEEN CASES .................................. 209 B. HOW THE ARTICLE IS ORGANIZED ..................... 216 C. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .......................... 218 * Associate Professor and Director of the Law and Public Policy Program, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law; B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University, 1976; J.D., New York University School of Law, 1979; LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center, 1984.