In light of Cravath, Swaine & Moore presiding partner Evan Chesler’s call to end the billable hour — not surprising since the firm took such a hit on the billables last year — some legal bloggers are opining on some of the more nefarious means of separating clients from their hard-earned cash.

And we’re not talking about bill padding, but good old-fashioned, fraudulent overbilling.

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