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Get Rid of the Billable Hour, Say In-House Leaders

Several law department leaders who spoke at the CLOC Global Institute event derided the billable hour and pushed for alternative fee structures.
4 minute read

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Billing Discipline Stays on Big Law's Front Burner

Discipline in recording time and collections last year helped the industry achieve revenue growth, and firms are hoping to extend that mindset into 2021.
5 minute read

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Australian Law Firms to Resume Pay Raises as Legal Jobs Market Heats Up

Hiring in Sydney is now back to pre-COVID levels and recruiters say they are already seeing an increase in lateral moves among partners.
5 minute read

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Big Law's Collections Push, Operational Efficiency Could Continue into 2021

It will be difficult to achieve revenue growth early this year, but firms that remain focused on collection efforts could be in particularly good shape this year.
5 minute read

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Brooks Brothers' GC Calls for the End of the 'Outdated' Billable Hour

"The simple fact of the matter is that measuring value based on the number of hours spent is flawed as time does not necessarily reflect quality, execution or results," Rachel Barnett writes.
16 minute read

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Going After Latin American Middle-Market Deals, Berger Singerman Adds Two Partners

Daniel Hudson, previously at Baker McKenzie, said his former firm's climbing rates made it less competitive in the Miami market  "There's so much opportunity down here in the international market, but more in the middle market area," he said.
3 minute read

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Linklaters, Other Law Firms Call For Mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting

Five law firms are among a number of business leaders to call on the U.K. government to enforce ethnicity pay gap reporting.
2 minute read

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Lateral Search Firm Drops Suit Against Freshfields

The dismissal was another instance of a headhunter dropping a suit against a firm on the heels of an adverse court ruling.
3 minute read

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Lawyer Mindset Still Barrier for Legal Tech Growth in Asia

"Lawyers are trained to identify risks, they are not trained to take risks," said Ben Tidswell, chairman of Ashurst.
3 minute read

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A&O Brings Case Against Former Client Over $1M In 'Unpaid Fees'

The UK firm alleges that it submitted eight invoices for legal work, all of which went unpaid.
2 minute read

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