Billable Hours
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Billable Hours, Holidays and Seasons
Managing Partner Sends Cheerful Holiday Reminder That Associates May Be Fired Tomorrow
This Thanksgiving, perhaps you should've been thankful that you had a job. -
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? - Sponsored
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… -
Associate Advice, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Bonuses, Money
Which Biglaw Firm Just Got Rid Of Billable Hours?
What will replace the billable-hour requirement at this large law firm?
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Billable Hours, Food, Gambling / Gaming, Health Care / Medicine, Law Reviews, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs, Supreme Court
Non-Sequiturs: 11.11.14
* Law students (and prospective law students)! Figure out your expected class rank with this handy calculator. [Witnesseth]
* Elie wonders if law students are getting dumber. [Redline]
* Great law review article, or greatest law review article? Judge M. Margaret McKeown’s “Culinary Ambiguity: A Canonical Approach To Deciphering Menus.” [Harvard Law Review]
* Remember the lawyer caught billing 29-hour days? The guy pleaded his case to the Ohio Supreme Court and they won’t give him the time of day. [Ohio Supreme Court]
* Veterans Day seems like the right time to remember the Feres Doctrine, which bars armed forces personnel from suing the government for negligence. How ridiculous is the Feres Doctrine? Justice Scalia thinks we need to allow more negligence suits! [Legal Funding Central]
* A sad story of a married partner romancing a married young associate that ends in her death. [Missouri Lawyers Weekly]
* If you support Obamacare, is there any reason for optimism in King v. Burwell? [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
* In case you were ever interested in eminent domain in a galaxy far, far away. [The Legal Geeks]
* Casino sends promotions to “compulsive gamblers” on a voluntary opt-out list. The casino calls it a “software issue.” What are the odds on that? [Ars Technica]
* A former Texas judge earned a reprimand for violating the state constitution and seven ethical canons in three years. Gauntlet thrown, judges aspiring to enter our pages. [Houston Chronicle]
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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. -
Back to the Future, Biglaw, Billable Hours
Flashback Friday: Billable Hours In The 1990s
How hard did Biglaw associates work back in the day? -
Billable Hours, Cheapness, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Do You Build Invoices Or Relationships?
An egregious episode offers a lesson in client service. -
Billable Hours, Crime, Non-Sequiturs, Police, Racism, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Television, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Non-Sequiturs: 08.28.14
* Here’s the international sign for “don’t urinate in public.” Glad to know we needed a sign for this. [National Review] * An illegal hostile work environment is created when coworkers wear confederate flag T-shirts. Because… obviously it is. Professor Volokh thinks this is unconstitutional. Apparently a document drafted by white slaveholders is set up […] - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
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? -
Advertising, Billable Hours, Events, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Job Searches, Shameless Plugs, Technology, This Is an Ad
What Is It Like To Work As The General Counsel Of A Startup Company?
Words of wisdom from in-house lawyers at some of the country's most exciting startup companies. -
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? -
Billable Hours, Contract Attorneys, Legal Ethics, Technology
Document Review Attorney's Billing SNAFU
Sometimes a document review attorney has a really clever excuse... -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Bonuses, Money
Biglaw Firm's New Timekeeping Policy May Screw Associates Out Of Bonuses
One Biglaw firm's new time entry policy could bring negative consequences during bonus season.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, Courthouses, Disasters / Emergencies, Food, Free Speech, Morning Docket, S.D.N.Y., SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Morning Docket: 06.27.14
* Funny that SCOTUS just struck down a law imposing a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics, yet it heavily enforces its own buffer zone. Some call it “supreme irony.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* Despite the slacking demand for legal services — down by 8.8 percent in terms of billable hours — members of the Am Law 100 still managed to keep their heads above water. [Am Law Daily]
* Lorin Reisner, chief of the criminal division of S.D.N.Y.’s USAO and Preet Bharara’s right-hand man on Wall Street convictions, is leaving for greener pastures at Paul Weiss. Congrats! [Reuters]
* New York State’s highest court has rejected New York City’s ban on gigantic drinks that was previously proposed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Go on, have yourself a nice Quadruple Big Gulp. [Bloomberg]
* When the long arm of the law flushes the toilet, it sometimes explodes, raining down jagged shards of justice. But on a more serious note, we’re happy no one was hurt at this courthouse. [Billings Gazette]
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel, Legal Ethics, Partner Issues
How Senior Partners Cheat
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann describes two senior-partner cons. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Partner Issues
Which Biglaw Attorneys Make The Most Bank?
If you haven't changed your mind yet about your Biglaw career path, now would be a good time to do it. -
Billable Hours, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day
Billable Hour 'Shenanigans'
An anonymous complaint over some shocking billing practices. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: The Biglaw 10K
First, do you even want to be doing this? Second, are you good enough? -
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. -
Billable Hours, Boutique Law Firms, In-House Counsel, Small Law Firms
Episode 10: Will Work For… Free?
When you turn to the economics of being a solo or small firm, the numbers often do not pan out when working for free.