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Smokeball Launches Free Product Partnership With Texas State Bar

Through an exclusive partnership, the Texas State Bar will become the first in the country to receive free access to Smokeball's trust accounting software for all its members.
3 minute read

International Edition

The UK Top 50 Firms With the Highest Debtor Days

Almost twice as many firms saw their debtor days rise compared with the previous year, research has found, with one accountant saying: 'It is hard to think of another sector that is worse at getting its clients to pay.'
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Billing Rate Growth and Litigation Demand Drive Big Law Gains in Q1

Worked billing rates were up 6.4% in Q1, the highest quarter-over-quarter increase since at least the Great Recession, noted Thomson Reuters' Bill Josten.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law's Big Realization?

Am Law 100 firms last year saw their lowest realization rates in five years: 80.93%, down from 82.2% in 2022 and 83.11% in 2021.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Fed Judge Awards $165K Attorney Fees for Win in Employment Discrimination Case

"The court's award reflects our documentation concerning Ms. Marshall's lost wages going forward as well as our documentation of our time and expenses in prosecuting the case. Our fee petition was for a modest amount because of the efficiencies our firm brought to the case," Buckley told Law.com.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Akerman Sues Former Client for Almost $3 Million in Unpaid Fees

Partner Bradley Henry decamped for Blank Rome last month. Now his old firm is going after his client for money racked up in a representation that culminated in a four-week jury trial.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Seriously Inflated' Duane Morris Bill Highlights Risk When Big Law and Public Clients Lack Alignment

"With public sector clients, you're frequently dealing with people who aren't lawyers," said Mantra Partner founder and CEO Marci Taylor. "You're writing knowing that there's a high likelihood that your invoices will be made public."
7 minute read

The Recorder

Law Firm Claims Former Associate Lied About Personal Relationship to Client's Family to Obtain Larger Share of Fees

This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
3 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Slower Collections Test Boundaries of Attorney-Client Relationships

Prominent law firms are finding themselves adverse to former clients in unpaid fee litigation as collection cycles lengthen, but not every dispute is worth litigating.
7 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

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