Photo: Vorrasit Siwawej/iStockphoto.com As Layoffs Loom, How Much Control Do Associates Have Over Low Billable Hours?
As law firms wait and see whether the economy picks up in the third quarter, associates at risk of layoffs are feeling the other side of the billable hour's wrath.
June 04, 2023 at 04:01 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
While billable hours remain low at transactional practices across the Am Law 100, associates are feeling the pressure to get their hours up as "performance-related" cuts threaten to end their employment.
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