Real-time billing blues
Article Abstract:
Lawyers' duty to their clients is to bill them honestly and consistently, and they should not bill for work not done in the fastest way possible. Computers can help perform work rapidly and well, and law firms have no business not making such an investment or finding a more uniform way than hourly billing to bill for the services rendered.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1999
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Image on four wheels
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Transportation selected by car-loving lawyers is described. Spending habits in this area indicate that lawyers are more concerned about image than practicality and that lawyers pay attention to what colleagues drive as an indication of how business is going.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 2001
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Equal treatment? Study shows a wide gap between worker, employer wins in job bias appeals
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A Cornell University law school study showing that federal appeals courts reversed nearly half of plaintiffs' victories in employment discrimination cases between 1988 and 1997, while fewer than 6% of employers' wins suffered reversals, is discussed.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 2001
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