“Astronomical” Bonuses, Marble Lobbies and Other Legal Fictions

The headline with the biggest font on the front page of this morning's WSJ is captioned: "A Stingier Job Market Awaits New Attorneys."  The piece is pretty significant and well researched, attributing the glut in lawyers to a variety of factors. The critical component is demand: more ...

Jose E. Latour Sep 24, 2007

How much is TOO much? Attorneys fees are out of control

From the August 22, 2007 Wall Street Journal:"The hourly rates of the country's top lawyers are increasingly coming with something new -- a comma"Quietly and without much fanfare, leading law firms have been steadily increasing their hour billing rates and the WSJ's timely article broke th...

Jose E. Latour Sep 01, 2007