Yes, Biglaw Firms Will Absolutely Take Your Money If You Don’t Put Your Timesheets In
No time entry? No money (or at least less money).
Another Biglaw Firm Raises Billing Requirements In The Wake Of The Pay Raise
This is becoming a trend, and it's not surprising.
Billables Are Not The Same As Cash Flow. Here’s Why That’s Important.
Findings from the MyCase 2025 Legal Industry Report.
AutoTime By Smokeball: Revolutionizing Time Entry For The Busy Lawyer
Let’s be honest -- everyone hates keeping track of billable hours.
Putting Time Entry in Its Place: A Watch
The new Apple Watch operating system could revolutionize timekeeping, and a few manufacturers have already unveiled their new apps.
Secretaries At This Firm Are About To Get Annoying (Or: A New Gimmick For Timely Time Entry)
Would you want this policy to be implemented at your law firm?
When Partners Ask Associates Not To Record Time . . .
What's a poor associate to do? Thoughts from Biglaw partner turned in-house counsel Mark Herrmann.
Why Some Firms Are Leading The Market With Generative AI
A culture of innovation with strategic AI like Lexis+ AI is revolutionizing law firms by boosting efficiency and deepening client relationships.
Biglaw Firm’s New Timekeeping Policy May Screw Associates Out Of Bonuses
One Biglaw firm's new time entry policy could bring negative consequences during bonus season.
The Best Of Hours, The Worst Of Hours: ATL Survey Ratings
According to the ATL Insider Survey, which practice areas and law firms offer the best (and the worst) hours?
Shocking — Or Not — Tales of Wasteful Biglaw Billing
Do clients really know what associates are doing during all those billable hours? Because a lot of the time it's not helping get the job done.
The ATL Interrogatories: 10 Questions with Gary Luftspring from Ricketts, Harris LLP
Gary Luftspring of Ricketts, Harris answers 10 questions for the ATL Interrogatories, sponsored by Lateral Link.
Why Better Billing Statements Can Improve Your Firm’s Finances—And Your Client Relationships
Outdated billing is costing law firms money. Discover how clear, modern billing practices boost profits, trust, and cash flow in 2025.
7 More Ways To Pass The Time While Working At A Law Firm
Seven more ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time.
7 Ways To Kill Time While Working At A Law Firm
Seven recommended ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time.
You Want Your Bonus? We Want Your Time Sheets.
As we all know from the law-and-economics reasoning that was taught to us in law school, people -- yes, this includes lawyers -- respond to incentives. At one leading law firm, bonus anxiety is being shrewdly harnessed in service of collections efforts. CHECK YOU TIME SHEETS....
Career Center: Master Your Own Destiny (Or At Least Your Assignments)
Mastering assignments begins with understanding what the lawyers you are working for want. You are not in law school; this is not a contest where you are graded against other students. Clients want answers, not issue spotting. Sophisticated clients already know the issues. Clients want answers based on the facts and applicable law — not […]
Inside Straight: The Other Side Of Paradise
I’ve received a couple of e-mails from associates at large firms saying that these folks sit at their desks dreaming about having in-house jobs: One client instead of many competing for your time. More manageable workload. A broader range of work. Less stress. An opportunity to think strategically instead of wallowing in minutiae. No more […]