I later found out who was responsible for that misery. The “billable hour” metric, so widely adopted by law firms, was initially client-driven—a response to demands of in-house counsel in the 1950s.

Steptoe will offer three tracks for its associates with separate billable hour budgets, starting at 1,800 and going up to 2,200 hours. Associates at the firm will also have an option for a reduced ...

But petitioners were not given pensionary benefits or annual increments for their service. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner filed the writ petition in Himachal Pradesh High Court. The ...

Friday on the News Hour, the country of Georgia is rocked by protests over its decision to suspend a bid to join the European Union. And a look back on the outstanding career of Rafael Nadal ...

The legal world has debated the demise of the billable hour for years ... they literally tell you what they’ve done for every six-minute increment of time. More often than not, in-house teams will ...

The legal world has debated the demise of the billable hour for years, with generative artificial intelligence merely the latest rationale offered for its extinction. The traditional billing model ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the establishment of a 24-hour stock exchange, marking a significant milestone in global financial markets. The approval, granted on ...

Closer below you’ll see surfers catching their last waves of the day, and sometimes, during the Friday night sailing races, sailboats round the Diamond Head buoy as golden hour descends.

United States stock markets will be closing early on Friday, Nov. 29 after being closed altogether on Thursday, Nov. 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. After closing for the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) revealed today that 88 per cent of companies granted salary increases to selected executive and non-executive employees in 2024, though ...

In a webinar analyzing the results, lawyers agreed on the transformative impact of generative AI, but differed on what it might mean for the billable hour. The study, Generative AI in Legal 2024 ...

Monday on the News Hour, Jan. 6 and classified documents cases against President-elect Trump are dropped as he transitions back into the White House. Examining what was and was not accomplished at ...