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Wozu eine solche "Entsolidarisierung" führen kann, erläutert Karen Sloan im National Law Journal: Additionally, it may make financial sense to part ways with associates before certain staffers, they say. For one thing, some associates with too few billable hours are now eager to perform the tasks they once delegated to paralegals in busier times, said Chere Estrin, who owns the California-based paralegal training company Estrin LegalEd and writes a blog for paralegals called The Estrin Report. "It's a desperate move to keep their billables up," Estrin said, noting that paralegals have told her that some associates are doing their own document reviews, deposition summaries and other research. "It's gotten worse lately, and it's not good for anyone." It's not good for associates who are performing low-level work, and particularly not …

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