Simpson Thacher Threatens to Withhold Salary For Delinquent Time Keepers
If you talk to law firm partners who are in charge of collecting fees, they’ll tell you that getting clients to pay has become a real hassle ever since the recession started. Clients are trying to make...
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Nothing says “Biglaw” quite like an old-fashioned partner threat. Biglaw partners, a self-important bunch if there ever was one, generally do little to mask their huge egos. But when those egos express...
View ArticleHughes Hubbard Is the Latest Firm to Crack the Time Keeping Whip
I find it funny that firms that want to skimp on bonuses also expect associates to make sure they are helping the overall health and performance of the firm. At some level, why should associates care...
View ArticleYou Want Your Bonus? We Want Your Time Sheets.
As we all know from the law-and-economics reasoning that was taught to us in law school, people -- yes, this includes lawyers -- respond to incentives. At one leading law firm, bonus anxiety is being...
View Article7 Ways To Kill Time While Working At A Law Firm
Seven recommended ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time.
View Article7 More Ways To Pass The Time While Working At A Law Firm
Seven more ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time.
View ArticleThe Best Of Hours, The Worst Of Hours: ATL Survey Ratings
According to the ATL Insider Survey, which practice areas and law firms offer the best (and the worst) hours?
View ArticleWhen Partners Ask Associates Not To Record Time . . .
What's a poor associate to do? Thoughts from Biglaw partner turned in-house counsel Mark Herrmann.
View ArticleAnother Biglaw Firm Raises Billing Requirements In The Wake Of The Pay Raise
This is becoming a trend, and it's not surprising.
View ArticleSimpson Thacher Threatens to Withhold Salary For Delinquent Time Keepers
If you talk to law firm partners who are in charge of collecting fees, they’ll tell you that getting clients to pay has become a real hassle ever since the recession started. Clients are trying to make...
View ArticleAkin Gump Partner Pens Email Fantasy About Firing Delinquent Time Keepers
Nothing says “Biglaw” quite like an old-fashioned partner threat. Biglaw partners, a self-important bunch if there ever was one, generally do little to mask their huge egos. But when those egos express...
View ArticleHughes Hubbard Is the Latest Firm to Crack the Time Keeping Whip
I find it funny that firms that want to skimp on bonuses also expect associates to make sure they are helping the overall health and performance of the firm. At some level, why should associates care...
View ArticleYou Want Your Bonus? We Want Your Time Sheets.
As we all know from the law-and-economics reasoning that was taught to us in law school, people -- yes, this includes lawyers -- respond to incentives. At one leading law firm, bonus anxiety is being...
View Article7 Ways To Kill Time While Working At A Law Firm
Seven recommended ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time.
View Article7 More Ways To Pass The Time While Working At A Law Firm
Seven more ways of staying (or at least looking) busy, while you put in your law-firm face time.
View ArticleThe Best Of Hours, The Worst Of Hours: ATL Survey Ratings
According to the ATL Insider Survey, which practice areas and law firms offer the best (and the worst) hours?
View ArticleWhen Partners Ask Associates Not To Record Time . . .
What's a poor associate to do? Thoughts from Biglaw partner turned in-house counsel Mark Herrmann.
View ArticleAnother Biglaw Firm Raises Billing Requirements In The Wake Of The Pay Raise
This is becoming a trend, and it's not surprising.
View ArticleYes, Biglaw Firms Will Absolutely Take Your Money If You Don’t Put Your...
No time entry? No money (or at least less money). The post Yes, Biglaw Firms Will Absolutely Take Your Money If You Don’t Put Your Timesheets In appeared first on Above the Law.
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