Contingency Fees Can Create Perverse Incentives
Although contingency fees provide greater access to the legal system, they can lead to a loss of efficiency.
Clients Can Abuse Contingency Fee Arrangements
Contingency fee arrangements can lead to conflict between lawyers and clients.
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Quinn Emanuel Would Like $18,500 Per Hour, Please
You aren't alone in your double take at that hourly rate.
Biglaw Partner Makes It Rain Because He Doesn’t Bill By The Hour
Hourly rates can't compare to his multimillion-dollar fees.
Litigation Powerhouse Cutting Back On Contingency Work
This law firm is changing with the times.
Associate Bonus Watch: A Big Win Spawns Special Bonuses
A nine-figure settlement means nice bonuses for this firm's associates and staff.
How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow
Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.
Good News Out Of The K&L Gates
The firm will be getting a nine-figure payout in a contingency-fee case later this year.
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.
Contingency Fees: The Free-Market Deterrent To Frivolous Lawsuits
No one likes frivolous lawsuits -- especially plaintiffs' lawyers.
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?
Protégé™ In CourtLink® Explains The Whole Case Faster
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Negative News From New York and D.C.
Sources report significant lawyer and staff layoffs at Dickstein Shapiro. What might be driving the cuts?
The $160K-Plus Club Welcomes A New Member
How would you like to work at a firm that pays first-year associates the equivalent of $414,000 in New York City?
From Biglaw to Boutique: Assessing Contingent Fee Cases
Should you take cases on a contingent fee basis? Some tips from small-firm columnist Tom Wallerstein...
From Biglaw to Boutique: Diversity!
Diversity is an important concept for law firms, especially smaller law firms and boutiques. It's true of “diversity” in a variety of contexts, some of which are not so obvious.
The Practice: Setting, Earning, and Keeping Fees in Small Law Firms
How should lawyers at small law firms go about setting, earning, and keeping their fees?