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Pro Mid Market

Should Midsize Firms Get More Aggressive About Rate Increases?

As Big Law keeps getting rewarded for pushing large rate hikes, analysts and consultants say midsize firms are leaving money on the table.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AI Might Kill Off the Billable Hour Someday, But It Will Be a Slow Death

"The people who regulate the profession are the profession. They are judges and members of the bar. So what incentive do they have to give away that control to the machine?" said Foster Sayers, vice president of legal ops at health tech company symplr.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Hours Down. Revenues Up. What Gives?

"Billable hours worked, the market's favored measure of demand for legal services, is simply becoming a less useful measurement," write the authors of a report issued this week by The Thomson Reuters Institute.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

As Associate Pay Raises Divide the Market, Several Law Firms Match, Others Hold Off

"Many do compete with the New York firms," said Wells Fargo's Owen Burman about D.C. firms. "But it's not universal."
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Aggressive Rate Hikes, Head Count Management Helped Am Law 50 Squeeze Profits From Sluggish Demand in Q4

The Am Law 50 finished the fourth quarter with nearly 8% more fees worked than Q4 2022 despite a decline in demand, according to a new Thomson Reuters report.
3 minute read

Law.com

White Box vs. Black Box Compensation Systems

Having a compensation system that clearly outlines partner expectations, provides the partners with the ability to validate the results by communicating the results back to them does more to build collegiality than an opaque system that, by its design, promotes distrust and ill will among partners.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Phila.-Based Weber Gallagher Opens Florida Outpost With Fowler White Partner

"I don't want to sound pessimistic, but the time of the smaller insurance defense shop is probably going away," said Weber Gallagher chairman Andrew Indeck.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Arnold & Porter Sees Revenue and Profits Jump, With PEP Rising 15% to $1.6M

The environment for counsel on government-facing issues was "quite strong" last year, driving demand across the firm's litigation, transaction and regulatory practices, said chairman Richard Alexander.
3 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Midsize Firms Use Bonuses, Culture to Compete for Talent After High Payouts for Associates

If midsize firms can't match the top of the market in associate compensation, they should tout other perks to potential recruits, said recruiter Steve Stone. For some, non-financial benefits include earlier access to client contact and work-life balance.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Rates Continue Rising, But Trail 2023 Increases So Far

The average Am Law 50 firm upped its rates by 8% to 10% in 2024, according to bankruptcy records.
3 minute read

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