law firm side

• A tale of two soft cost recoveries: Developing a defensible, verifiable cost recovery policy

  By Rob Mattern  |  April 5, 2012

  The majority of firms still use the traditional cost recovery model, even though by doing so, those firms may be losing money on many recoverable items.

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  A note from Stasia: Right here, right now

  By Anastasia Kelly  |  March 5, 2012

  In the early 1970s, when women started making their first significant move into law school and into law firms, we had no illusions about the nature of the glass ceiling. ... Read more

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  The perks and pitfalls of tablet computers

  By Alex Vorro  |  December 1, 2011

  While easy-to-use tablets boast legal-specific apps, in-house lawyers have security concerns.

• Morrison on Metrics: Tracking seasonal billing trends

  By Rees Morrison  |  June 27, 2011

  The most variable metric law department managers track is outside counsel spending. This got me wondering whether there is much seasonality to the inflow of invoice amounts: Are there any patterns by month for how much gets billed to law departments?

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  Legal Department Hiring on the Rise

  By Melissa Maleske  |  March 1, 2011

  The in-house hiring market is slowly emerging from a deep freeze.