You are a well-known forensic accounting expert who has testified in over 100 civil cases involving fraud, with a good balance of cases in support of the plaintiff versus the defense. A local attorney tells you that your reputation is so strong that just your presence in a case causes parties to settle. You know this is true, because you very carefully pick the cases that you accept, and you do not like testifying for the losing side. However, the attorney tells you that without your consent, other attorneys are putting your name on their witness lists, and just by doing that they get the opposing side to make a generous settlement offer. You ask the attorney to give you names, but she said that she cannot do that; she has only heard rumors. What can you do in this situation?

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