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Billing
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Med Law Blog
Medicare Consignment Closet Changes Delayed Until March 1, 2010
The new consignment closet billing and compliance rules reported in the Med Law Blog on August 17, 2009 and intended to be effective on September 8, 2009 have been delayed…
Law Practice Tips
The Billable Hour Debate: August 24, 2009
By Jim Calloway
On Monday, August 24th, the debate about alternatives to the billiable hour got even more high profile as articles appeared about the topic in both the Wall Street Journal and…
Business and Commercial
The WSJ article on hourly rates and real change
By Patrick Lamb
But let's not get to the point where we're mocking folks who are trying to move in the "right" direction. At one point you say you can't move from fish…
Business and Commercial
Hourly Billing And The PEP Conundrum
By Patrick Lamb
Let's say you're the managing partner of an AmLaw 200 firm. You've terminated associates and staff (using, of course, the kinder and gentler term "lay offs"), you've eliminated free coffee,…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
What if the Apple Store Billed By The Hour? You would only own PCs!
I have previously confessed that I am an Apple Mac loving lawyer, and in my office I have all but converted the flock. Only the former judge among us insists…
Legal Profession Blog
Billing Misconduct Charges In Florida
An April 2009 post from the Florida Issues blog:A Jacksonville lawyer accused of overbilling taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars to represent poor defendants could face discipline by The Florida…
Aaron Morris' Business Law Alert
It’s OK to Question Litigation Costs
By Aaron Morris
After more than 20 years I can’t believe this sort of thing is still going on. On-line legal research offered by Lexis and Westlaw used to be very expensive. These…
Business of Law
Defender Of Billable Hour Emerges
By Patrick Lamb
This headline caught my attention: "Billable Hour Hullabaloo is 'Overblown, Drinker Partner Says." Courtesy of the ABA Journal, The headline is true to the article. “The billable hour is an overblown…
Legal Profession Blog
No Mitigation For Self-Suspension
The Oklahoma Supreme Court imposed a twelve month suspension of a relatively inexperienced attorney who had falsified billing and travel records, resulting in client payments in excess of the appropriate…
Litigation & Trial
Have Big Law Firms Stopped Hiring First Year Associates To “Maximize Value For The Client?”
In the middle of an otherwise good article in The Legal Intelligencer about the creative solutions local biglaw firms (Eckert Seamans, Ballard Spahr, Fox Rothschild) have taken to the shrinking…