Biglaw Is Planning Even More Billing Rate Hikes For Next Year
Decreases in billing rates are NOT on the table.
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The More Revenue A Law Firm Has, The More They Can Increase Billing Rates
That's one way to keep yourself ahead of the competition.
Biglaw Partner Slammed By Judge For 50 Percent Rate Hike
Perception is reality when it comes to billing rates.
The Most Expensive Practice Area In Biglaw
Partners in this specialty charge a pretty penny for their work.
A Partner’s Time Is Suddenly Worth A Lot More In This City
Helluva rate increase you've got there.
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Biglaw Associates’ Buying Power: Exploring Salary Disparities & Cost Of Living In Major US Cities
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40 Percent Of Law Firms Haven’t Raised Rates… It’s Probably Time
Almost a third of the Am Law 100 have stood on rates as inflation crept up.
Those Predicted Big Biglaw Rate Increases? They’re Going To Be Bigger
Big bills ahead in 2023.
Clients Better Get Ready For Some Supersized Biglaw Rate Increases In 2023
Yowza! Time to open up those checkbooks.
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Law Firm Billing Rates Reveal Ingrained Racial And Gender Disparities
Billing equity is the first step to equity partnership.
The Bigger The Biglaw Firm, The Bigger The Billing Rate
Putting the big in Biglaw.
Biglaw Firms Are Charging How Much? For ASSOCIATES?
At least three Biglaw firms are charging $1,000+ for associates' time.
Yes, This Is How Much A Biglaw Partner Working For One Week Bills
And the bills are only going to get bigger.
Morning Docket: 02.28.18
* "With respect, I dissent." Thanks to this Supreme Court opinion, asylum seekers and other immigrant aliens can now be held indefinitely without bond hearings. Justice Breyer was so pissed off that he read part of his 33-page dissent from the bench. [National Law Journal] * Was Trump compromised? In the latest phase of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, members of his legal team have been asking about Donald Trump's business activities in Russia prior to his campaign, when he was still considering running for president. [CNN] * Partner billing rates at the biggest of Biglaw firms (750 or more lawyers) continue to climb, and they're now 45 percent higher than those of slightly smaller Biglaw firms (501 to 750 lawyers). In fact, the gap between the two types of firm grew by 11 percent over 2016. We wonder what the highest hourly rate of all is. [American Lawyer] * The 2019 edition of the U.S. News law school rankings will be released on March 20, 2018. We repeat, the 2019 edition of the U.S. News law school rankings will be released on March 20, 2018. Prepare yourselves for the annual running of the deans after law schools drop in rank. [Morse Code/ U.S. News & World Report] * Karma is great: The Weinstein Company will be filing for bankruptcy following a failed deal with investors to sell the tainted film and television studio in the wake of Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct scandal. [DealBook / New York Times]