Alternative Fees
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In-House CounselHow Consultants Recommend Cutting Legal Bills
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann identifies what looks like the wave of the future. -
TechnologyIs 'Revolutionary' Law Firm Atrium A Case of Clearspire Déjà Vu?
If Clearspire was ahead of its time, then the legal world may be ready for Atrium. 
SponsoredLegal Contract Review in Under 10 Minutes? Here’s How
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TechnologyRevealed: Justin Kan's Secretive Legal Startup Debuts Today As A Different Kind of Law Firm
Atrium LLP is a new kind of law firm, with unique approaches to billing and technology.
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TechnologyAppetite For Destruction?
Of everything happening in the legal industry today, what will have enduring and sustained influence decades from now? -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 08.11.17
* President Donald Trump rejects reports that he’s considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller, while offering a less-than-ringing endorsement of his relationship with Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “It is what it is.” [New York Times]
* Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, whose house was the subject of a predawn raid by the FBI, parts ways with WilmerHale and goes back to his former lawyers at Miller & Chevalier. [National Law Journal]
* Meanwhile, the Trump administration files its opening brief in the Supreme Court in the travel ban litigation. [How Appealing]
* Georgetown Law launches a new con-law center, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, led by star SCOTUS litigator Neal Katyal, former National Security Council official Joshua Geltzer, and former Justice Department official Mary McCord. [ABA Journal]
* Some Democratic senators claim that the White House isn’t consulting them enough about judicial nominations. [Politico]
* The hype may exceed the reality on alternative-fee arrangements — but not at pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline, which takes an aggressive and innovative approach to AFAs. [Am Law Daily]
* Settling the “pink slime” litigation cost Disney/ABC how much? [How Appealing]
* Also not cheap: the costs of bad-faith discovery spoliation. [Big Law Business]
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Biglaw, MoneyBiglaw Partner Makes It Rain Because He Doesn't Bill By The Hour
Hourly rates can't compare to his multimillion-dollar fees. -
Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Technology5 Ways In Which The Business Of Law Is NOT Changing Anytime Soon
Are we experiencing, or about to experience, a revolution in the world of legal services? Slow your roll.... -
Biglaw, Litigators, Partner IssuesAt Lunch With David Boies, 20 Years After His Departure From Cravath
The country's most famous practicing lawyer tells the tale of how he left Cravath to launch his own firm. 
SponsoredTackling Deposition Anxiety: How AI Is Changing The Way Lawyers Do Depositions
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Billable Hours, MoneyLitigation Powerhouse Cutting Back On Contingency Work
This law firm is changing with the times. -
Biglaw, Partner IssuesThe Legal Industry Is Still On Life Support
The legal industry continues to plod forward... but for how long? -
General Counsel, In-House CounselIn-House Legal Budgets And Compensation: Survey Says....
In-house lawyers are responding to today's challenges in interesting ways -- and earning more money, too. -
Conferences / Symposia, General Counsel, In-House Counsel5 Tips For Running Your In-House Legal Department Like A Business
Wise advice from a panel of top general counsel. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
The Alternative Fee Arrangement That Will Force Big Firms To Innovate Or Die
For high-stakes stuff, we may be stuck with the billable hour, but for everything else, the billable hour is doomed.
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Legal Contract Review in Under 10 Minutes? Here’s How
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Boutique Law Firms, Small Law FirmsBeyond Biglaw: Interview With A 'NewLaw' Pioneer (Part 2)
The conclusion of an interview with the COO of a law firm offering clients and lawyers an alternative to Biglaw structure and rates. -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law FirmsBeyond Biglaw: Interview With A 'NewLaw' Pioneer (Part 1)
An interview with the COO of a law firm founded with the idea of offering clients and lawyers an alternative to Biglaw structure and rates. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
2 Problems With Shadow Bills
Want something worse (or at least less reliable) than even regular legal bills? Shadow bills. -
Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, TechnologyAvvo Bares Fixed-Fee Legal Services
Like fixed-fee bar referral programs, Avvo Legal Services sounds like a winner -- for the right lawyers, that is. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Boies Schiller Pays Up To $350K (Again)
Bonuses at Boies Schiller aren't quite as big this year, but the average bonus still falls just shy of $100,000. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Fixed-Fee Deals: 3 Traps For The Unwary
Fixed-fee deals can be great -- but watch out for these possible pitfalls, identified by in-house columnist Mark Herrmann. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
3 Predictions For The Legal Profession in 2015
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann looks back on the predictions he made for 2014, which turned out to be correct, and makes new predictions for 2015.
