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La. Supreme Court Suspends Hurricane Damage Lawyer

The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended indefinitely the law license of the attorney who manages McClenny Moseley & Associates’ office in New Orleans — the latest setback for a law firm that paid nearly $14 million for client leads and filed …

NY Jury Convicts Lawyer, Doctor in $31M Trip-and-Fall Scheme

A New York attorney and surgeon were convicted by a Manhattan jury of six counts of fraud for participation in an illegal scheme that included false insurance claims and unnecessary surgeries for alleged injuries from staged trips and falls, a …

Feds Charged 6 Minnesota Chiropractors in Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme

Six Minneapolis-area chiropractors are among 21 people charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in what federal authorities described Wednesday as separate schemes that defrauded auto insurance companies out of more than $20 million. More charges against more chiropractors …

$3M Texas Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme Leads to Prison Time

Two Bryan, Texas, men have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme that authorities say defrauded insurance companies of more than $3 million. Earlie Dickerson, a former office manager, was sentenced in Houston federal court to 14 years in …

Georgia Supreme Court Disbars 2 for Using Runners

The Supreme Court of Georgia has disbarred two personal injury lawyers who paid non-lawyers to refer clients to them. In a 5-to-2 decision announced Wednesday, the court said that although law partners Steve Freedman and Thomas Sinowski had no prior …

Maryland Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Scam with Chiropractor

An injury attorney from Maryland pleaded guilty Wednesday to an insurance-fraud conspiracy in which he teamed up with a Virginia chiropractor to submit bogus claims. Amir Ryan Lahuti, 45, of Bethesda faces up to 20 years in prison when he …