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26 Jan 2011, 7:22 am
There is no desire on the part of the attorneys to follow up on RM policies because it is a non-billable process. [read post]
16 Jan 2011, 2:50 pm by Gideon
This is certainly an odd week to be hosting the MLK Day edition of Blawg Review and almost all of it has to do with the events in Arizona, late last week. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 2:36 pm by Ronda Muir
 They also mentioned opportunities that go beyond what we had heard about from them. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 8:38 am by David Lat
To earn the full bonus, the firm has an hours target of 2100 total hours (1850 billable, plus an additional 250 hours that can be a combination of billable and “related non-billable” hours). [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 11:34 am by Elie Mystal
Moreover, although the combined (billable, pro bono, business development) hours required to be eligible for a bonus will be lower in 2010 than in 2009, an associate will again need to have billed additional hours (beyond 1800 billable) either on pro bono, business development, or additional commercial work to be eligible for a 2010 bonus.As a general matter, the bonus amounts for work performed in 2010 will range from $10,000 to $50,000, depending upon performance, class… [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 11:48 am by Elie Mystal
If you excelled, you are valued more highly by your firm than Cravath values its own people.And that’s a Christmas present that goes beyond the Benjamins. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 10:28 pm by Carolyn Elefant
  The economic downturn lead to the jettisoning of the billable hours in favor of flat fees and increased outsourcing and reliance on contract lawyers to save costs. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 10:13 am by Above the Law
Despite all the deferral drama, over half of survey respondents report that their firm’s Class of 2009 associates started on time:56% report a fall 2009 start date.25% report a first half of 2010 start date.9% report staggered start dates ranging from fall 2009 to early 2011.6% report a second half of 2010 start date.4% report 2011 start dates, indefinite deferrals, or rescinded offers.For the nearly half of respondents who indicate that there is plenty of billable work for the Class… [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 11:01 am by slkimbro
   I start with fixed fee billing for the LLC or S-Corp setup and then often will use a combination of fixed fee and billable hour depending on the scope of the project. [read post]
16 Oct 2010, 11:41 am by Donna
Technology had been making serious inroads into law practice design, and in-house counsel and consumers were grumbling in ever louder voices about the steady increase in the billable hour long before the recession put it all in high gear. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 12:31 pm by Legal Tease of Sweet Hot Justice
Part of the problem is that for every six minutes of billable time you get under your belt, you lose a proportional percentage of what the kids call "game. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 10:30 am by Helen Pitlick
Why else would we still be clinging to the billable hour? [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 1:28 pm by Carolyn Elefant
Even beyond the ethics issues, the fall out from these cases reaches even farther. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 7:05 am by Little Richard
I’ve been avoiding the topic, mostly because salary discussions usually degenerate into little richard-measuring contests but, in addition to the comment wars that spilled out of my posts on hours worked and billable hours, I’m still getting emails like this one:I’m not sure all this “small law, low pay” stuff is accurate. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 5:38 am by Yolanda Young
According to Minority Law Journal, black associates, through a reduction in workload and billable hours, have been more acutely impacted by the economic downturn. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 2:22 pm by Jordan Furlong
” Salary increases beyond that point improved people’s broader satisfaction with their place in the world, but it had no effect on their daily emotional well-being. [read post]
3 Sep 2010, 12:09 pm by Keith Lee
In fact, the Court’s analysis extends beyond civil rights cases to “virtually identical language in many of the federal fee-shifting statutes. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 2:01 pm by Donna
There is a bottomless well of information and connections that will educate and serve you beyond your expectations. [read post]