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How to Say NO (and Not Tick People Off)

Where does your non-billable time go? Committee work? Administrative tasks? How about to those random requests that fall on your desk? Think about it. What if you could turn that non-billable time into a...more

Zimmermann: Up to 20% of AmLaw 200 "Badly Weakened"  [Video]

April 25 (Bloomberg Law) -- A substantial percentage of the nation's largest law firms enter the sixth year of the Great Recession "badly weakened," and more firms are expected to fail, according to law firm consultant Kent...more

Do you deduct time from your billing sheet for bathroom breaks? And other billable-hour mysteries

Some random questions about the billable hour: 1) When people record their time days or weeks after the work was done, do you ever wonder about the accuracy of the entries? They should be accurate. They are made to...more