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2 Jan 2008, 6:42 am
The billable hour is not working for me. [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 4:15 am
It could be that all the noise about associate salaries and PPP's drowns out the signal concerning wealth accumulation; it could be that we're all so inured to the current state of affairs that we don't think to comment upon it; or it could even be that the very fact of noting it seems to serve little purpose beyond salting the wound. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 2:54 am
Here is the full list:100 Bloggers 37 Days 3i 43 Folders A Clear Eye A Daily Dose of ArchitectureThe Agonist All Things WorkplaceAll This Chittah Chattah Angela Maiers Antonella Pavese Arizona High TechA Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Badger BloggerBailey WorkPlay Being Peter Kim Brett TroutBest of Mother Earth Beyond Madison AvenueBiz and Buzz Bizhack BizSolutions Plus Blog Business World Bloggers Showroom Blogging for BusinessBlogherBlog Till You Drop Bob Sutton Brain Based… [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 2:40 am
Here is the full list:100 Bloggers 37 Days 3i 43 Folders A Clear Eye A Daily Dose of ArchitectureThe Agonist All Things WorkplaceAll This Chittah Chattah Angela Maiers Antonella Pavese Arizona High TechA Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Badger BloggerBailey WorkPlay Being Peter Kim Brett TroutBest of Mother Earth Beyond Madison AvenueBiz and Buzz Bizhack BizSolutions Plus Blog Business World Bloggers Showroom Blogging for BusinessBlogherBlog Till You Drop Bob Sutton Brain Based… [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 2:49 pm
It is distinguished by the requirements of extensive formal training and learning, admission to practice by qualifying licensure, a code of ethics imposing standards qualitatively and extensively beyond those that prevail or are tolerated in the marketplace, a system for discipline of its members for violation of the code of ethics, a duty to subordinate financial reward to social responsibility, and, notably, an obligation on its own members, even in nonprofessional matters, to conduct… [read post]
6 Nov 2007, 5:05 am
The Cockroach of the Legal Profession: The Billable Hour [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 4:00 am
"I had hoped we had moved on beyond such traditional sales advice in our understanding of how professionals get hired. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 4:13 pm
Quite how this is an efficient use of those precious Legal Aid funds is beyond me. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 1:04 am
But where structured finance and private equity lawyers might find themselves struggling to meet their billable hours targets, litigators might be in high demand by financial companies. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 7:00 am
Call me a Mastodon but my firm's not willing to give up the billable hour. [read post]
11 Sep 2007, 2:34 am
In the early 1990's, I put together a CLE program entitled "Beyond the Billable Hour" in which a panel of partners and consultants predicted that hourly billing would soon face a serious challenge from fixed fee and incentive fee billing arrangements. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 1:14 am
"Mark has pronounced the death of the billable hour model," says one veteran outside lawyer for Cisco. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 2:30 pm
And in London, top attorneys bill at rates that, when converted, can hit almost $1,500 an hour.As a critical mass develops around fees of $1,000 an hour in New York, though, more firms may feel comfortable going to that level and beyond. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 9:10 am
We've previously blogged about Scott Turow's cry to kill the billable hour, and it seems at least one mid-size firm is heeding his call - at least for first year associates. [read post]
18 Aug 2007, 3:07 pm
In-house legal departments are going beyond collective grousing at association meetings and joining in efforts seeking to bring change to reluctant—by business standards, fat and happy—service providers. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 2:32 pm
The Atlanta firm of Ford & Harrison has decided to eliminate billable-hour requirements for first-year associates. [read post]
8 Aug 2007, 1:14 am
And for the first time, the firm's management has added individual billable-hour bonus goals into its computations. [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 8:52 pm
There are numerous valid business considerations for investing in loss-leaders or going above and beyond to wow a client. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 3:50 am
To be sure, the lawyers would lose billable time in the short term doing so. [read post]
28 Jun 2007, 2:50 pm
But: If we add in the prospect of an additional component of capital appreciation from now until retirement and beyond, the incentives change, and they change in a way that should encourage dedicated long-term investment. [read post]
