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New York Law Journal

Law Firms Sue Clients for Unpaid Legal Fees as Big Law Collection Goals Ramp Up

Gibson Dunn, Baker McKenzie; ArentFox and Dorsey & Whitney are among those who have filed claims in New York lately, whether in court or arbitration.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Attorney Wants Out of Case Representing Ex-Law Firm Administrator

Chatham, New Jersey, attorney Anthony Gruppuso filed a motion to be relieved as counsel for John Dunlea in McElroy Deutsch's civil suit seeking to recoup the more than $3 million that Dunlea allegedly stole from the law firm.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Strategic Role of Dynamic Ads and Their Benefits for Attorneys

When strategically leveraged, dynamic advertising can market legal services with remarkable effectiveness, far surpassing the capabilities of static ads.
5 minute read

Law.com

Top 5 Strategies for Managing the End-of-Year Collections Frenzy

End of year collections are crucial for law firms because they allow them to maximize their revenue for the year, impacting profitability, partner distributions and bonus calculations by ensuring outstanding invoices are paid before the year closes, which is especially important for meeting financial targets and managing cash flow throughout the firm.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

UArts Bankruptcy Fuels Work for a Slew of Firms in Phila. and Beyond

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhodes filed the Chapter 7 petition and is set to receive just over $1.2 million for work on the matter. The institution's top outside counsel in the year before it went bust was New York's Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, which earned $1.7 million in fees.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Am Law 50's Runaway Rates Put Onus on Legal Departments to Stiffen Resistance

"It is all too easy for in-house teams to continue instructing work to the same firms they have always used, without considering the savings that can be gained from a more structured approach to resourcing," the-e-billing platform Brightflag said in a new report.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Clients 'No Longer Need to Be Referred Out': Womble and Lewis Roca Eye Merger Benefits

"We have had extreme difficulty representing our client base from other jurisdictions in their work in California," Lewis Roca managing partner Kenneth Van Winkle says.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tales From the Trenches: What Outside Counsel Do That GCs Find Inexcusable

"I had this one outside counsel where every time I'd ask him to weigh in, he'd be like, 'That's a business issue,'" said Michele Kloeppel, a partner at Thompson Coburn who formerly was corporate counsel at Panera.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Problem With Pitches: Lessons From Legal Industry Insiders

One common mistake is focusing too much on creating polished materials and not enough on what the client actually cares about, writes Jackie Kappus.
6 minute read

Law.com

Judge Rejects Company's Attempt to Boot Former Lewis Rice Counsel From Representing Competitor

"Compelling defendant to find new counsel that far along in the litigation would be prejudicial," U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk of the Eastern District of Missouri wrote.
5 minute read

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