February 14, 2020
A recent American Lawyer story by Dan Packel, “‘Technology Alone Is Not the Answer’ Wilmer Revisits Outside Counsel Guidelines,” reports that the number of outside counsel guidelines that...
December 4, 2019
A recent the American Lawyer article by Dan Packel, “Why Firms Struggle With Outside Counsel Guidelines – and Pay the Price,” reports on a new survey that draws a straight line between lower...
December 2, 2019
A recent Law 360 article by Andrew Strickler, “3 Places Overbilling May Be Lurking,” reports on overbilling. The article reads: By most accounts, the wild ol’ days of lawyer invoicing —...
June 14, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Boysen, “Insurer Fights $19M Atty Fee Bid in Heparin Coverage Suit,” reports that Travelers Property Casualty Co. is pushing back against American Capital Ltd.’s...
January 16, 2019
A recent New York Law Journal article by Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes, “Defense Costs Coverage 101,” reports on defense fees and costs in the insurance coverage practice area. This...
November 7, 2018
A recent The Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “New Class Action Guidelines in Northern District of California Prompt Commendation and Concerns,” reports that the Northern District of...
A recent American Lawyer story by Miriam Rozen, “Some Lawyers Chafe as Clients Expand Outside Counsel Guidelines,” reports that Corporate clients are getting more aggressive about broadening and...
May 19, 2017
A recent the Corporate Counsel story by Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, “IBM Says New Watson Tool Could Dramatically Reduce Outside Counsel Spend,” reports that, a new tool using International...
February 3, 2017
A forthcoming Fordham Law Review article, “Restraining Lawyers: From ‘Cases’ to ‘Tasks (pdf),’” by Morris A. Ratner, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of...
February 9, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Lawyers Can’t Use ‘Workaround’ to Get Paid for Defending Fees” reports that lawyers can't include fee defense provisions in their retention applications as a...
