2 Problems With Shadow Bills
Want something worse (or at least less reliable) than even regular legal bills? Shadow bills.
Avvo Bares Fixed-Fee Legal Services
Like fixed-fee bar referral programs, Avvo Legal Services sounds like a winner -- for the right lawyers, that is.
How Filevine Helps In-House Legal Teams Manage Every Matter With Confidence
AI powers tools for data intake, document management, and drafting contracts.
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.
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.
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.
8 Mistakes Your Law Firm Might Be Making
If you're doing any of these things, you're doing it wrong.
First Draft To Final: How To Use AI To Accelerate Legal Drafting Workflows
Discover how LexisNexis Protégé™ transforms legal drafting into a strategic collaboration between lawyers and AI—enhancing quality, speed, and defensibility.
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?
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.
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?
Biglaw’s Pulse Beats Steadily, Gloom And Doom Notwithstanding
As the economy settles, so will Biglaw.
USCIS shift to electronic payments: What immigration firms need to know
As of October 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services requires electronic payments for filing fees. Learn key updates, exemptions, and how firms can prepare.
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?
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?
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?
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.
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?