Money
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Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
When Potential Clients Try To Be Cheap By Seeking To Lawyer Up At The Last Minute
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.11.17
* After hearing powerful testimony from victims’ relatives, a federal jury sentenced Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof to death. [BuzzFeed]
* Dahlia Lithwick on yesterday’s Jeff Sessions hearing: the nominee “will be handily confirmed,” and Democrats “are rightly very, very afraid.” [Slate]
* An interesting puzzle for the Supreme Court: free speech and credit card fees. [New York Times via How Appealing]
* Also from Howard Bashman, also about free speech: Gibson Dunn partner Miguel Estrada “warns City of Philadelphia that his hourly rate is very expensive.” [How Appealing]
* More about Morrison & Foerster snagging former Justice Department national security chief John Carlin — the latest in a series of high-profile hires of former government lawyers, including Kathryn Thomson and Jessie Liu. [Law.com]
* Some good news out of the Charlotte School of Law: students might be getting their spring semester loan proceeds after all. [ABA Journal]
* Speaking of money, Volkswagen is going to pay a lot of it — perhaps $4.3 billion in fines — to resolve the federal criminal investigation into its cheating on vehicle emissions tests. [New York Times]
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Litigation Finance, Litigators, Money
Litigation Finance: Interview With A Funder
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Associate Salaries, Money
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Which Firm Pays A Starting Salary Of $200,000?
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Law Schools, Student Loans
Charlotte Law Is Trying To Bleed Every Last Penny Out Of Its Remaining Students
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Biglaw, Money
Firm Announces Raises Coming In February
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Bonus Season Is Not Over: Another Biglaw Firm Hands Out The Big Bucks
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Biglaw, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Profits Margins In Law Firms – Dumb And Dumberer
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Money, Technology
Legal Tech Startups Don't Need Investors
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Billable Hours
Busyness And The Billable Hour
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Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
When Clients Try To Be Cheap By Doing The Work Themselves
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Small Law Firms
4 Types Of Clients You Meet Trying To Collect Your Fees
With the end of this bad, no good, awful, crappy, yucky, poopy, and disastrous year come the annual annoying tasks of charging retainers, collecting overdue payments, and rectifying accounts.
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AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
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Litigation Finance, Litigators, Money
The 2017 Outlook For Litigation Finance
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Money
GoFundMe This Lawyer's Retirement
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In-House Counsel, Money
Receivables Don’t Count: Lawyers Don't Need To Be The 'Bank Of Client'
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Biglaw, Sports
Bonuses And Bowl Games
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
The Ultimate Bonus Tracker: Has Your Firm Been Naughty Or Nice?
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Litigation Finance, Technology
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Texas
Associate Bonus Watch: Happy, Texas
Yee-haw! Associates are (mostly) pleased with their bonuses at this firm.