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Billing
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Legal Ease Blog
Will Lawyers Move to Value Pricing?
Late last year, I engaged in a bit of a debate with David Giacalone of f/k/a about value pricing and alternative billing for lawyers. Ron Baker, a well-known proponent of…
Business of Law
The Daily Trifecta: Change Meets Law
By Patrick Lamb
Bear with me on this one. I came upon three different articles that, in my mind at least, fit perfectly with each other. Sort of like getting the Rubik's cube…
Business and Commercial
Walking the Client Service Walk: Client Costs
By Patrick Lamb
Everyone talks the client service talk. To hear the law firms' side of things, our profession's clients are the best served group of customers in the history of service providers.…
Law Practice Tips
Hourly Billing Talk Leaves a Bad Taste
By Jim Calloway
A blog post from the Greatest American Lawyer blog made me chuckle and it might make you think. The webinar topic was law firm profitability and GAL wanted to talk…
Corporate & Securities Law Blog
California Closes Gap on Billing for Diagnostic Imaging Services
On September 27, 2008, Governor Schwarzenegger approved California Assembly Bill 2794, which will become effective January 1, 2009. AB 2794 adds Section 655.8 to the California Business and Professions Code…
Legal Ease Blog
10 [More] Reasons to Rethink Hourly Billing
By Allison Johs
Yesterday, Matt Homann posted a great list on his blog, the [non]billable hour. He calls his list, "10 Rules About Hourly Billing," but I like my title better. I encourage…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 10/20/08
A lot of different stuff out in the LexBlogosphere today, including a very insightful post by Michael Moore, who offers an employer's guide to the upcoming election. For a quick…
Business and Commercial
Innovative Billing Arrangements Across The Pond
By Patrick Lamb
Friday's Financial Times on-line version contains an interesting article on "innovative" billing arrangements, meaning, of course, arrangements not tied to hours. The thesis of the article is that "many law…
Legal Profession Blog
No Privacy Right In Client Bills
The Washington State Supreme Court imposed a suspension of one year followed by probation for two years in a bar discipline matter that arose from two earlier bar proceedings. One…
Legal Ease Blog
(Don’t) Do Something! Don’t nickel and dime your clients!
By Allison Johs
I'm writing this post from the NACBA (National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys) conference on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. I arrived here via plane, and the ridiculous airline…