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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

Expenses / Costs

Legal Pricing

Legislation / Politics

UK / International

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

August 15, 2025

AI & Billing / Fees

Billing Increments

Legal Pricing

Risk Management

Timekeepers

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

August 13, 2025

AI & Billing / Fees

Billing Increments

Fee Collection

Legal Pricing

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Illinois Supreme Court to Adopt New Rules on Attorney Fees

April 7, 2025

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Article: Top 10 Legal Malpractice Defenses As Claims Tick Up

March 18, 2025

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Dispute

Legal Malpractice

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

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Some Top Partner Hourly Billing Rates Reach $3K in Some Cases

March 3, 2025

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

February 26, 2025

Bill Padding

Fee Dispute

Fees in Trust & Estates

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Analysis: Generative AI & Hourly Task-Based Billing

January 24, 2025

Legislation / Politics

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The Wall Street Journal Cites NALFA Hourly Rate Data

October 4, 2024

Fee Cap / Fee Limits

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NALFA in the News

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Big Law Bets on Contingency Fee Practices

March 21, 2024

Litigation Financing / Funding

Contingency Fees / POF

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NJ Ethics Board: Referral Fees Only for In-State Attorneys

March 15, 2024

Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law

Fee Sharing / Referral Fees

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

February 15, 2024

Fee Scholarship

Risk Management

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Article: Seven Key Metrics to Evaluate Spend on Outside Counsel

January 8, 2024

ALSPs

Billing / Fee Guidelines

E-Billing

Legal Bill Review (External)

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Soaring Billing Rates as Law Firms See Revenue Growth

November 15, 2023

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Study: Corporate Legal Departments Return to Hourly Billing?

November 13, 2023

Legal Bill Review (External)

Litigation Economics

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Article: The Ethics of Crowdfunded Legal Fees

October 8, 2023

Advancement of Fees

Criminal Law

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Fee Discovery / Fee Disclosure

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Article: Twitter Fee Dispute Case Offers Crash Course in Billing Ethics

September 19, 2023

Billing / Fee Guidelines

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Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

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