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How Widespread is Inflating Hours in Law Firms?

August 29, 2025

Bill Padding

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NALFA Billing Rate Data Featured in Law 360

August 27, 2025

Contingency Fees / POF

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As Hourly Rates Soar, GCs Consider Geopolitics

August 25, 2025

Billing / Fee Guidelines

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Fee Agreement

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Legislation / Politics

UK / International

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Article: The Tricky Issue of Billing Clients for AI-Generated Work

August 15, 2025

Billing Increments

Legal Pricing

Risk Management

Timekeepers

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Report: Law Firms Fee Collections Slow, as Billing Rates Grow

August 13, 2025

Billing Increments

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Legal Pricing

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Article: Why Some Firms Are Moving to Contingency and Alternative Fees

June 16, 2025

Contingency Fees / POF

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Report: Partner & Associate Billing Rates Continue to Climb

May 6, 2025

Fee Agreement

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Report: Many Don’t Expect Gen AI to Bring Down Hourly Rates

April 21, 2025

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Ethics Complaint: Former Practice Chair Overbilled Clients by Over $3.5M

February 26, 2025

Bill Padding

Fee Dispute

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NALFA Releases 2024 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey & Report

February 20, 2025

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Analysis: Generative AI & Hourly Task-Based Billing

January 24, 2025

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Article: Strategic Pricing and Hourly Billing Rates

January 10, 2025

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Analysis: Legal Departments Acquiesce as Rate Hikes ‘Defy Gravity’

January 8, 2025

E-Billing

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Article: The Legal Billing Evolution: How Far Along Is Your Firm?

December 27, 2024

Billing / Fee Guidelines

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The 32 Law Firms with the Highest Billing Rates

December 16, 2024

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Akerman Sues Former Client for $3M in Unpaid Fees

March 26, 2024

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Big Law Bets on Contingency Fee Practices

March 21, 2024

Litigation Financing / Funding

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Study: Washington, DC Outpaces Peer Cities on Hourly Rate Growth

February 15, 2024

Fee Scholarship

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ALM Covers NALFA’s 2023 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey & Report

February 2, 2024