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Randi Lewis: Top 5 reasons why partners change firms
We want to be paid fairly for our efforts. But partners are looking for much more than compensation comparisons.
Hundreds of city’s water system customers get bills over 50K
Hundreds of customers of Baltimore's water system received bills reaching over $50,000.
Fewer law firms billing for database research
Law firms nationwide are increasingly absorbing the cost of online database research rather than billing clients for use of resources like Lexis or Westlaw.
Medicaid now accepted at Carroll health clinic
A community health clinic in Carroll County that serves low-income residents will soon begin accepting Medicaid, thanks to funding from the state and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
In-House Interrogatory
The legal world has been abuzz about the public release of emails between DLA Piper attorneys encouraging each other to jack up clients' bills.
Suspect Medicare billings found at 2,600 drugstores
WASHINGTON — It would take a mighty big pill box to hold them. A pharmacy in Kansas billed Medicare for more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in a […]
Clock ticks on billable hours
To bill (per hour) or not to bill (per hour)? That. Is the question. In today’s shaky economy law firms are talking about (and implementing) alternative payment methods to the […]
E-billing helps corporate counsel track spending on outside law firms
In-house counsel have never had an easier time comparing the hourly and package rates of their outside attorneys — that is, if they’re using electronic billing to track and review […]
Baltimore public works promises billing changes
In the wake of water meter complaints, Baltimore’s Department of Public Works is promising an overhaul. At a City Council hearing Tuesday, Public Works Director Alfred Foxx announced preliminary plans […]
The ‘new normal’ v. the billable hour
A “new normal” continues to take root at law firms, according to a survey showing increases in the use of alternative fee arrangements. Almost three in 10 in-house lawyers said […]
Baltimore tutoring firm owner indicted for false billing
BALTIMORE — The State Prosecutor’s office says the owner of a tutoring company billed the Baltimore school system for tutoring services that were not provided. State Prosecutor Robert Rohrbaugh says […]
Trends in alternative billing
When Adam Rubin left a megafirm in New York to work with his father in Silver Spring, his surroundings weren’t the only thing he changed. After five years as an […]
