In-house lawyers are increasingly uncomfortable with hourly charges and want firms to offer them alternative methods of legal billing, according to new research published today (26 September). Eighty-two percent of respondents to a survey by the C&I Group and accounting firm BDO Stoy Hayward said hourly billing provides no incentive for advisers to be efficient.
September 26, 2007 at 08:10 AM
1 minute read
The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
In-house lawyers are increasingly uncomfortable with hourly charges and want firms to offer them alternative methods of legal billing, according to new research published today (26 September).
Eighty-two percent of respondents to a survey by the C&I Group and accounting firm BDO Stoy Hayward said hourly billing provides no incentive for advisers to be efficient.
Presented by BigVoodoo
Celebrate outstanding achievement in law firms, chambers, in-house legal departments and alternative business structures.
The African Legal Awards recognise exceptional achievement within Africa s legal community during a period of rapid change.
Join the industry's top owners, investors, developers, brokers & financiers at THE MULTIFAMILY EVENT OF THE YEAR!
Atlanta s John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire one or more full-time, visiting Legal WritingInstructors to teach Legal Research, Anal...
Lower Manhattan firm seeks a premises liability litigator (i.e., depositions, SJ motions, and/or trials) with at least 3-6 years of experien...
At NJM, a top-rated insurance company, we are seeking an Attorney on our Workers Compensation legal team with between 3 and 5 years of expe...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
