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Billing Rates in Washington, D.C. Are Second Highest in the U.S.

Billing Rates in Washington, D.C. Are Second Highest in the U.S.

Between 2007 and 2009, CT TyMetrix Inc. and The Corporate Executive Board gathered invoice data from over 3,500 law firms and 90,000 individual billers across the nation.  Ultimately the invoices…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, August 11th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories. Venable added corporate attorneys from DLA Piper as partners in its New York office… Megafirm DLA…

NLJ Survey Highlights Tough Economic Climate

NLJ Survey Highlights Tough Economic Climate

The National Law Journal Survey of Law Firm Economics showed staffing ratios at small and mid-sized U.S. law firms in 2009 reached their lowest levels since the 1980’s. The downward trend…

Report: Varied Billing Rates Could Provide Bargaining Chip

Report: Varied Billing Rates Could Provide Bargaining Chip

A report set to be released this Fall could give general counsel an “enormous amount of bargaining power” in their billing rate negotiations with law firms, the Corporate Counsel reports.…

Morning Roundup

Morning Roundup

Good morning! Today is Friday, January 15, and here’s a look at yesterday top stories… A study from Altman Weil predicts biglaw billing rates will rise this year… The former…

Study Indicates Billing Rates to Rise This Year

Study Indicates Billing Rates to Rise This Year

A survey conducted by Altman Weil projects U.S. law firms will raise billing rates by an average of 3.2 percent in 2010. The study polled 688 U.S. law firms that…

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…

Frost Brown Todd Cuts Incoming Associate Salaries

Frost Brown Todd Cuts Incoming Associate Salaries

Incoming associates at Cincinnati’s Frost Brown Todd will get a lower salary, although specific numbers have not been released. In addition, the new associates will spend their first 1,000 hours…

Hildebrandt: Demand for Legal Services Down 8%

Hildebrandt: Demand for Legal Services Down 8%

According to the Hildebrandt International Peer Monitor Index, demand for legal services dropped by more than 8% compared to Q1 2008, dropping sharply in January and February but flattening in…

Pillsbury Hiring for Trusts & Estates Practice

Pillsbury Hiring for Trusts & Estates Practice

Pillsbury, which fired 155 in March, is hiring lawyers for its trusts & estates practice. Palo Alto-based partner Jennifer McCall, head of Pillsbury‘s estates, trusts and tax planning group, is…

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