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Jurabilis | 19. Januar 2009 — ... haben wir bei ...jurabilis! bereits geschrieben. Wenn jetzt allerdings der Managing Partner von Cravath verkündet Im a tria…
Charging by the houror in six-minute blockswas originally meant to improve transparency. The problem, says Hugh Totten, a member with Valorem (latin for value), a new Chicago-based law firm that offers clients contingency fees (payable only if the result is favourable) and fixed fees, is that the billable hour creates an incentive for endless litigation and for a complete lack of efficiency. This critical refrain isnt new. In a 2002 report, the American Bar Associations commission on billable hours blamed hourly quotas for driving young lawyers from the profession (an estimated 45 per cent of lawyers quit law by their third year), and for leaving little time for pro bono work. The commission identified several alternatives. While many private law firms provide options to favoured clients, most lawyers still work on the clock (91 per cent of legal work in Canada is based on billable hou…
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Jurabilis | 19. Januar 2009 — ... haben wir bei ...jurabilis! bereits geschrieben. Wenn jetzt allerdings der Managing Partner von Cravath verkündet Im a tria…
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