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Billing
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Legal Profession Blog
Asking Client To Buy Cocaine Leads To Disbarment
The North Dakota Supreme Court imposed sanctions against an attorney who engaged in misconduct in three matters. In two of the matters, the court imposed a one-year suspension; in the other, disbarment.One…
Legal Ease Blog
Do Something! Improve Cash Flow
One of the biggest issues law firm owners face is the issue of cash flow, and it's an issue that has been getting even more attention lately as a result…
Legal Profession Blog
Billing Fraud By Outside GM Counsel Alleged
The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint alleging that an attorney retained by General Motors falsely billed GM for four mediation sessions that did not take place. The charging document…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Attorneys, Billing and Clients
The rules for attorney billing are different from those of any other profession. While the general principals are the same, attorneys are required to utilize retainer agreements, or a similar…
Legal Profession Blog
Findings Of Billing Misconduct Against Contract Attorney Overturned
The Illinois Review Board has concluded that a hearing's board's findings of misconduct were based on inadmissible evidence and that billing misconduct charges against a former Mayer Brown contract attorney…
Legal Ease Blog
If Clients Aren’t Demanding Alternative Fees, Should Your Firm Pursue Them?
Earlier this month, Larry Bodine did a piece on the Law Marketing Portal about alternative fees entitled, "Study Finds Weak Client Demand for Alternative Fees," in which he talked about…
Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog
Christopher Marston of Exemplar Law – Revenues up 48% and “absolutely no billing by the hour”
By Larry Bodine
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door, as 2010 Small Firm Rainmaker of the Year Christopher Marston knows well. By offering soup-to-nuts service…
The Faculty Lounge
That Lost Billable Hour…
I thought I might commerate the day by re-posting a classic, one of the funniest blog posts I have every read, by Anonymous Lawyer: This is a terrible day. Every…
Legal Profession Blog
The Cabinet Matter
A disciplinary sanction reported in the March 2010 online edition of the California Bar Journal;[An attorney] was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with an…
Business and Commercial
Do AFAs create the same bad incentives as hourly billing?
By Patrick Lamb
My recent post Discounts: It's like putting off necessary surgery drew this thoughtful comment, which I believe merits a response. First, the comment: Although you suggest that hourly billing law…