A former Fleishman-Hillard [3] executive, Steven Sugerman [4], will plead guilty to participating in a plan to overbill the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power [5]. Sugerman, who now runs the Sugerman Communications Group [6], has also agreed to testify against his former F-H boss, Douglas R. Dowie [7], who has entered a not guilty plea. Dowie is also suing F-H for wrongful dismissal. In April 2005 F-H acknowledged overbilling [8] the city of Los Angeles and agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle its lawsuit.