What Law Firm Lawyers Are Saying About Billing Practices

While general counsel remain vigilant in detecting abusive billing practices for outside legal work, law firm lawyers seek to make the invoicing process congenial. Frank and open communication about what’s useful (and what isn’t), segmentation of billing categories, and working to determine value of the services that outside lawyers provide are all tactics recommended to law firm lawyers to keep the negativity out of dealings with general counsel monitoring the legal budget.