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Corporate Counsel

Richard Susskind On In-House Lawyers Sharing Risks Through Fee Arrangements

Legal experts weigh in on bold predictions made by scholar Richard Susskind.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

PwC Launches On-Demand Flexible Lawyering Service for Clients

The firm says Flexible Legal Resources will help clients with staffing needs by providing temporary lawyers for in-house teams during abnormal spikes in workload.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Seeger Weiss Asks for $70M in Fees as Co-Lead NFL Concussion Class Counsel

Chris Seeger, one of the lawyers leading class counsel in the settlement has made a $70 million fee request on behalf of his firm, Seeger Weiss, which he outlined Tuesday in a 22-page declaration to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

How Law Firms Can Minimize Write-Downs

As realization rates slip, UnitedLex's Nancy Jessen explains how law firms can limit the work they have to write off.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Attorneys in Wage Dispute Earn $30K in Fees

Attorneys who represented three plaintiffs who recovered less than $7,000 in a wage dispute case against a Bronx restaurant are entitled to more than $30,000 in attorney fees for their work on the case, a federal judge has ruled.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Legal Rates Lowest Among Big Cities

Lawyers in the Philadelphia region charged the lowest average billing rate in the country, according to a legal trends report.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Are Law Firms Charging Less or Just Making Less?

In a market where clients are struggling to deliver more legal services for less cost (the challenge), Richard Susskind said a law firm may be tempted to undercut its competition on price in hopes of winning more work.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

What Do Lawyers Really Do With Their Time?

Lawyers spend only 2.3 hours of billable time for each eight-hour workday, according to the second annual Legal Trends Report, which was prepared and made public today by Clio.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Read This Before You Set Your 2018 Billing Rates

As firms lose associate hours to technology, they need to increase senior lawyer rates to maintain profitability. And it takes time.
6 minute read

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