It Can Be Difficult To Estimate The Cost Of Legal Services
As with eating, clients are less likely to choke on the bill if it's broken up into smaller pieces.
This Federal Circuit Stands Alone On Attorney Fees
They don't think a preliminary injunction that leads to a case resolution counts for much.
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How Much Should Lawyers Charge?
Check out these 7 factors to determine your hourly rate.
Biglaw Firms Stink At Serving Smaller Clients
The high rates charged by larger law firms can prevent them from sufficiently serving smaller clients.
An Exceptional Example Of How NOT To Run A Patent Defense
Even on the defense side, the litigation process must be respected, or else.
State Accidentally Abolishes ‘American Rule’ For Attorneys’ Fees
Local elections matter.
Free Attorney Time Tracking Template For Smarter Billing
Tired of messy time logs? This free attorney time tracking template helps you bill with confidence and accuracy. Learn more in the full article.
How Much Should You Charge Your Clients? Data Analytics Has The Answer!
Data analytics can help attorneys win new clients and make these clients profitable ones.
UK High Court Affirms Arbitral Ruling That Party Can Recover Litigation Finance Costs
For prevailing parties in arbitrations who hope to recover the costs of litigation financing, the old adage “it never hurts to ask” may apply.
Are Lawyers Getting Dumber? The Question May Matter More Than The Answer
A great way to fight this narrative is to create a distance between the minority of law schools engaged in unethical admissions and retention practices and everyone else.
Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: What Did She Win In Attorneys’ Fees?
A six-figure sum, but nothing close to her $1.4 million request.
Federal Judge Says Paul Clement Isn’t Special Enough To Command Insane Hourly Rates
How much was this superstar attorney trying to charge his client?
Why You Don’t Want A Biglaw Firm To Handle Your Little Landlord-Tenant Case
Next time your relatives ask for help with a landlord/tenant matter, ask them if they're willing to pay you six figures for your assistance.
Buying In: Suicide Pricing
Desperation breeds heavy discounting. How bad has it gotten?
Billing That Much For Contract Attorneys Isn’t ‘Unusual’ or ‘Untoward,’ It’s Obscene
You will not believe the markup on the billable rates for contract attorneys these days.
Non-Sequiturs: 03.29.13
* To those of you who celebrate it, Happy Easter! Welcome the holiday by voting in the ABA Journal’s fifth annual “Peeps in Law” contest. [ABA Journal] * If law firm brackets aren’t your thing, check out Professor Kyle Graham’s brackets for (1) law school classes and (2) law blogs. I’m thankful for ATL’s #1 seed but terrified by who we’re up against (because they’ve ripped me a new one before). [noncuratlex] * Sorry, Judge Steiner, you wuz robbed; you should have been our Judge of the Day. It’s tough to top “allegations of a sexual quid pro quo with a female lawyer and the eye-opening confiscation of carpet from [chambers] for forensic analysis.” [OC Weekly] William Shatner * “William Shatner’s Seductive Powers Don’t Create a Fiduciary Duty.” Robyn Hagan Cain explains why. [U.S. Second Circuit / FindLaw] * Citi settles securities cases for $730 million. Matt Levine is not impressed. [Dealbreaker] * And Ted Frank is incensed by Bernstein Litowitz’s nine-figure fee request. [Point of Law] * If you’re already depressed by public ignorance about the Supreme Court, don’t look at the responses to question 9 of this opinion poll. [Penn Schoen Berland] * Steven Harper — author of a new (and very good) book about the legal profession, The Lawyer Bubble (affiliate link) — offers thoughts on the billable hour in the wake of the DLA Piper overbilling allegations. [New York Times]