Sometimes a debate within an industry can move at blinding speed. In such circumstances, what is usually required are the right factors that push a particular matter up the agenda, leading to a critical mass that sees progress on supposedly intractable issues.

The legal industry last year looked as if it might just be reaching such a moment with the long-running debate on hourly fees, which general counsel have criticized for years for rewarding inefficiency.

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