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Law firms’ excessive fees, Part II: “DLA Piper Is Not Alone: Why Law Firms Overbill”
28 March 2013– Coming hot and heavy after the New York Times piece (click here) on the lawsuit involving DLA Piper and law firm over billing (“churn that bill, baby!”) comes —
Continue readingThe DLA Piper law suit offers a peek at the practice of inflating a legal bill
26 March 2013– Ah, The Law Factory. A few weeks ago we had a U.S. District Court ordering a law firm to hand over information about contract attorneys it employed with respect to a lawsuit
Continue readingContract lawyer in U.S. claims he is entitled to OT pay due to “extremely routine nature” of the job; seeks class action status
6 March 2013– A lawyer who performed document review for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on a contract basis claims in a lawsuit that he is entitled to overtime pay for work in excess
Continue readingFirm must divulge information on contract lawyers in Citigroup case; challenge to firm’s “excessive” fees
5 March 2013 – Last week the federal judge in In re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation, a shareholder lawsuit against Citigroup being heard in the U.S. District Court, Southern District
Continue readingProblems persist with law school jobs data, watchdog says
5 March 2013 – The American Bar Association now requires law schools to be more upfront about how their graduates perform on the job market, but problems with misleading or incomplete employment
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