Alternative Fees
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Biglaw, Small Law Firms, Texas
8 Mistakes Your Law Firm Might Be Making
If you're doing any of these things, you're doing it wrong. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, David Boies
Associate Bonus Watch: Boies Schiller Pays Up To $350K
How on God’s green earth do you wind up with a $350K bonus as a Biglaw associate? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Books, Events, In-House Counsel, JPMorgan Chase, Outsourcing, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Pictures, Small Law Firms
Law Firms And The No-Longer 'New' Normal: Insights On 7 Key Subjects
The fate of the billable hour, how small firms can compete with large ones, the evil of profits per partner, and more.
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, Boutique Law Firms, Duval & Stachenfeld, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Real Estate, Small Law Firms
Reinventing The Law Business: In Defense Of The Billable Hour
Should the billable hour really be vilified as something that rewards inefficiency and incompetence, or is it a benchmark with which to judge performance, or is it both? -
Advertising, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Biglaw's Pulse Beats Steadily, Gloom And Doom Notwithstanding
As the economy settles, so will Biglaw. -
Money, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Do Discounts Encourage Problem Clients?
Conventional wisdom counsels against discounting, but what is the case in favor -- and how can you possibly avoid the issue altogether? -
Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Rank Stupidity
Mirabile Dictu! Alternative Fee Proposals That Move Goalposts!
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann wants to know: why do outside law firms keep proposing such insulting alternative-fee arrangements? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Technology
Today's Tech: How A New York City Boutique Firm Competes With Biglaw
What lessons can this boutique teach to law firms seeking to compete in a changing legal landscape? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Billable Hours, Money, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
6 Ways To Avoid Paying A Price For Using Fixed Fees
These suggestions may help lawyers contemplating fixed-fee billing get started, or convince those who’ve tried flat fees unsuccessfully to reconsider. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: The Price Is Right
Pricing expertise is one of the only Biglaw job skills with a growing rather than shrinking potential employment base. Why? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Partner Issues
Good News For In-House Lawyers (And The Law Firm Lawyers Who Love Them)
Are happy days here again for in-house lawyers (and the law firm lawyers who work for them)? -
Biglaw, Contracts, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Money, Rankings
Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies? (2013)
Which firms do Fortune 500 companies turn to when facing bet-the-company litigation? -
Attorney Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day, Sex, Sex Scandals
Desperate Housewife Not Desperate Enough To Sleep With Attorney
That's one alternative fee arrangement she just wasn't going to accept.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Ask the Experts, Billable Hours, Partner Issues, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys
The ATL Interrogatories: 10 Questions with Jeffrey Stone from McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Jeffrey Stone, co-chair of McDermott Will & Emery, participates in the ATL Interrogatories (sponsored by Lateral Link). -
Biglaw, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Biglaw: Still Nice Work If You Can Get It
How did law firms of various sizes fare financially in 2012? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues
On Elephantine Mating And Alternative Fees
What's the similarity between discussions about alternative fee agreements and elephantine mating? In-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Money, Partner Issues
Buying In: Suicide Pricing
Desperation breeds heavy discounting. How bad has it gotten? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Money, Quote of the Day
Seeking Biglaw Billables: $1,150/Hour OBO!
In this day and age, even Biglaw bills can be discounted. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Boutique Law Firms, Fabulosity, Litigators, Money, Small Law Firms, Texas
The $160K-Plus Club Welcomes A New Member
How would you like to work at a firm that pays first-year associates the equivalent of $414,000 in New York City? -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Buying In: An Interview with an In-House Insider (Part 1)
The Anonymous Partner has a candid conversation with an In-House Insider about clients' feelings towards their law firms.