It is an oversimplification to suggest, as many lawyers now do, that the economic downturn has brought an irreversible and fundamental change to the delivery of legal services. I largely agree with those who claim that the genie cannot be put back into the bottle. But so far, the genie is only halfway out. What we have seen - and many clients find this promising - is that when pushed law firms can work under more competitive and imaginative fee arrangements and can even source more routine work in different ways.
December 07, 2010 at 01:57 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The future of alternative billing is ultimately in the hands of in-house counsel. Richard Susskind urges them to strike a new path
It is an oversimplification to suggest, as many lawyers now do, that the economic downturn has brought an irreversible and fundamental change to the delivery of legal services.
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