Newsletter Subscription


Enter your email address and start getting breaking law firm and legal news right now!



Every Alert   Alert once a day

 

Home » Posts tagged with » billable hours

Holland & Knight Nixes Billable Hours Tracking in Public Policy & Regulation Group

Holland & Knight Nixes Billable Hours Tracking in Public Policy & Regulation Group

  International law firm Holland & Knight announced in recent days that the firm’s Public Policy & Regulation Group will eliminate the tracking of billable hours for fixed fee clients,…

In-House Counsel Look to Rein In Legal Spending

In-House Counsel Look to Rein In Legal Spending

A study from Robert Half Legal reveals 25 percent of in-house counsel surveyed plan to decrease its work with outside firms in the next 12 months and 61 percent expect…

Greenberg Traurig Partner Charged in $1 Million Theft

Greenberg Traurig Partner Charged in $1 Million Theft

Local success story and Greenberg Traurig partner Mark J. McCombs has been charged with stealing more than $1 million in tax increment funds by billing Calumet Park, a suburb in…

Practising Law Institute Set to Discuss ‘Hot Button’ Topics

Practising Law Institute Set to Discuss ‘Hot Button’ Topics

The non-profit Practising Law Institute (PLI) will launch its newest state-of-the-art legal education seminar Feb 1 in New York City. The symposium, which will be hosted by leading consultants and…

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Arnold & Porter

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Arnold & Porter

At the start of 2009 Arnold & Porter announced that it was freezing salaries but held out the hope that some or all of the difference might be paid out…

Kramer Levin Matches Cravath Bonuses

Kramer Levin Matches Cravath Bonuses

Kramer Levin is paying bonuses mid February and they are based on the Cravath scale. To be eligible for a Cravath sized bonus, an associate must have met certain billable…

Quinn Emanuel Bonuses

Quinn Emanuel Bonuses

Quin Emanuel is making its naughty and nice list. Those who were naughty are getting a lump of coal, and those that were nice are getting a bonus – in…

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Hogan & Hartson

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Hogan & Hartson

First a little background: Hogan & Hartson pays associates on a two tier system, where associates can choose to receive higher base salary but with a higher billable hours requirement,…

2010 Steel Cage Match: Corporate Clients vs BigLaw

2010 Steel Cage Match: Corporate Clients vs BigLaw

I have a mental image of two giants staring each other down inside a locked steel cage before charging at one another, swinging leather briefcases and throwing blackberrys. In this…

New Round of Salary Cuts at Allen Matkins

New Round of Salary Cuts at Allen Matkins

Allen Matkins is having a rough year. Back at the end of March the firm let some attorneys go. First year associate salaries were cut, along with the salaries of…

Page 1 of 3123