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Billable Hours System Draws Fire After Lawyer’s Embarrassing Email
A DLA Piper associate’s e-mail stating “that bill shall know no limits,” which surfaced in the course of discovery after the firm sued a client for failing to pay a large bill, has drawn attention to flaws in the billable hour system that law firms use to determine the fees owed by most of their clients.
Read more...Judges Questions Sharp in Fracking Ban Case
- Big Law
- Written by Progressive Law Practice
Contributor Dan Sabbatino provides an update on the third municipality to win a local fracking ban challenge in lower-level court.
Counsel from both sides of an appellate-level hydrofracking case gave credit to a four-judge panel for asking well reasons questions, having a solid understanding of a weighty science-based issue and showing a genuine interest in the topic.
Read more...'Fracking' Legal Fights in Spotlight
- Big Law
- Written by Progressive Law Practice
Horizontal, high-volume, hydraulic fracturing is becoming the backdrop for a myriad of legal battles encompassing a number of environmental statutes.
Read more...Will the SHIELD Act Deter Patent Trolls?
- Big Law
- Written by Progressive Law Practice
2012 Brought Trio of Billion-Dollar Patent Verdicts
There were three billion-dollar-plus verdicts in patent cases in 2012, compared to only one patent-case verdict of more than a billion dollars in each of three prior years.
Read more...Law Firms See Single-Digit Profit Growth in 2012
Data from 179 large law firms revealed an average profit growth of 4.3% and 3.6% last year, according to a report card from Citi Private Bank.
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