In a world that favors pay-for-performance, bonuses dangled by law departments for firms that achieve an especially desirable outcome are in vogue. The seeming simplicity of promising a cash sweetener if your law firm succeeds as agreed, however, glosses over several concerns. After a quick overview of bonuses, this article discusses several of those concerns and then offers some curative techniques to put into practice.

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