Miami lawyer Scott Saul tries to look at the big picture when deciding whether to pursue clients for unpaid bills. He believes that hardline tactics can be counterproductive. “If I come down hard on them, I’ve lost them as a referral base forever.” Photo by Sonya Revell.
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Seyfarth Shaw CIO Andrew Jurczyk says firms are vulnerable when an employee is about to leave, so the transition process should be handled systematically. Photo by Bob Stefko.
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Well-known litigator David Boies recently panned the billable hour as “a problem” that “creates a conflict of interest between the lawyer and the client.” And Ted Olson has said he…
A new computerized billing system expected to speed payment to indigent defense lawyers is being adopted at federal courthouses throughout the country thanks to a chief deputy clerk and two…
A group of reporters responsible for determining which media organizations get credentialed to cover Congress is standing firm on a previous decision to deny a press pass to SCOTUSblog.
Well-known BigLaw firms in the Big Apple retain their cachet among nearly 17,000 associates asked to rate the most prestigious law firms in the country. an annual Vault survey found.
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