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Merry Christmas: Remit Payment Upon Receipt

December 25, 2014 by Gregory Luce 2 Comments

Enclosed for your convenience please find an invoice for services rendered through December 25, 2011

Filed Under: Featured Lawyer, Infographlike Substances, Lawyer Tagged With: billables, billing, christmas, Featured

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Entrenchment

August 15, 2011 by Albert Wang 8 Comments

Billing in BigLaw sometimes requires extreme measures. (Click the image to see the full comic.)

Filed Under: Comics, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, billables, billing

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Bitter News, Week of August 8th, 2011

August 8, 2011 by Bitter Newsroom Leave a Comment

Here are your headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, where we bounce back! Why Lawyer Pay Will Shrink: Reverse auctions are driving Biglaw rates down as large firms anonymously submit quotes for a jobs posted by major companies. With the increased number of lawyers being dumped into the market graduating each year, it seems like this may be a trend…

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views Tagged With: alternative careers, biglaw, billables, document review, Europe, video games

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Billables > Quality

August 1, 2011 by Albert Wang 7 Comments

But then again, what firm with a billable-hour requirement would be doing traffic court except as pro bono? (Click the image to see the full comic.)

Filed Under: Comics, Lawyer Tagged With: billable hour, billables, court, pro bono

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The Adderall Diaries

May 31, 2011 by Law Firm 10 31 Comments

Somebody once called the law a jealous mistress, although I can’t recall who (maybe it was the guy whose dead body is on display at University College London and in a photo on page 330 of my Property textbook). In any case, it’s totally true. And I’m afraid my mistress is going to dump me…

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: ADD, Adderall, billables

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