Compensation

Wells Fargo Clawing Back $75M From Former Execs

Wells Fargo has pinned blame for its fraudulent account scandal on two former executives, moving this week to claw back […]

Associate Attorney Rates Outpacing Partners’

Year-over-year rates for associate attorneys grew at more than double that of partners in 2015, according to a report issued […]

Deutsche Bank Won’t Pay For Work By Junior Attorneys

Deutsche Bank has informed law firms in the U.K. that it will no longer pay for work done by junior […]

Dems Sending Tainted Money Back To Boston Law Firm

Senator Al Franken of Minnesota is the latest high-profile Democrat to return money to a Boston law firm that was […]

Judge Launches Investigation Into Law Firms’ Inflated Bills

A federal judge in Boston plans to appoint a special master to investigate questionable billing practices by Thornton Law Firm […]

The Billable Hour Is Dead

The vast majority of law firm work is done outside the traditional billable hour model, because of budgetary limits imposed […]

Meet Trump’s $1,500-Per-Hour Lawyer

Litigator Marc Kasowitz, founder of Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, has always been a guy you go to when you […]

Public Defender Offices Starting To Sue – And Win

Indigent defense advocates are increasingly suing, saying they’re given inadequate funding, and some are winning. At least five lawsuits in […]

Employers Claw Back Raises

Just weeks ago, an executive order signed by President Obama that would have required time-and-a-half pay for those working more […]

Meet The Law Firm Paying First-Years $200K

Legal industry watchers usually look to New York to monitor average starting wages for first-year lawyers. For the last decade, […]

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