Here lies the billable hour. It died a slow and predictable death, brought about by natural causes. The billable hour would have turned 100 in just a few years. Born in 1919, it is the offspring of ...

Partners make more money on average and spruik “value-based” fees – but clients want their share. Plus: the Grant Thornton ...

Generative artificial intelligence is revolutionizing industries across many sectors, and the legal world is no different. The AI boom has reignited the long-running debate over the potential death of ...

Most lawyers can skillfully handle stress. After all, we managed to make it through law school, bar exams, and our grueling ...

MLT Aikins LLP, one of Canada's largest law firms, is advancing its timekeeping capabilities with the launch of Laurel across ...

It will take about three minutes to read this column. Whether it’s worth three minutes depends on me, of course. I will do my best. But it also depends on you, on your attitude to time and, perhaps, ...

Ah, the B-word. Attorneys have a complicated relationship with it. For many, it's the bane of their existence, but billables are also the holy grail of law firm profitability. The billable hours ...

There’s a quiet kind of “insider leak” happening inside businesses. It’s not the kind that leads to legal trouble—it’s operational.

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Vendors that incur expenses in the course of providing a product and a service to another company or client often bill these expenses directly to the client when the contract or agreement allows. In ...