Sentences with phrase «about alternative billing»

Ury and Furlong suggest that, if my bar association offered better forms (it already does this), some brochures about alternative billing, and more CLEs, I would have more reasons to stay.

For many years, the profession has been talking about alternative billing schemes such as flat fees, unbundled legal services, and pay - what - it's - worth options.

Not exact matches

I've already mentioned some of the alternative accounts of the IFS report about the welfare benefits uprating bill.

«We always knew we'd be the underdog in this race and once New Yorkers learn more about BIll's radical policies they will be looking for a practical alternative,» said Lhota spokeswoman Jessica Proud.

Dr. Bill Misner, Ph.D. nutritionist, alternative medicine practitioner, and top Master's runner who I interview in the podcast episode Everything You Need To Know About How A Plant Based Diet Affects Your Performance:

«The bill simply said that parents could petition the school district, if their school received an F, to give an advisory opinion about which alternative the district would embrace.

The bill calls for the superintendent of public instruction to form an advisory panel to make recommendations about the continuation of an exit exam or «alternative pathways» for graduation.

Under the bill, an independent oversight board would be created inside the state Department of Education to review new charters and monitor existing ones in a move to address growing questions about the quality and access of the alternative schools.

Whether you need to pay the bills that are about to be late, get the creditors off your back, or get food in the house for your kids, our payday loans online provide the best alternative to getting quick cash.

I didn't know what to say about the bill supported by the mainstream environmental groups as part of a deal with industry and Western States Petroleum Association, versus alternatives supported by harder - line enviros.

Bill Dotzler, a state senator who helped the TPC gain the necessary initial funding, is hopeful about their potential: «You almost get a trifecta with this — you clean the streams, you provide habitat for pheasants and other wildlife and you produce an alternative fuel... It's not going to be the whole answer, but I think burning the native plants could be an important part of the whole puzzle.»

Lukeman began his journey about five years ago, after having gotten an architecture degree, working for a few years in jobs that paid the bills, but didn't allow for much freedom for him to explore his own growing interests in alternative housing.

Last month, I posted about how Houston - based FMC Technologies turned to social media site Legal OnRamp to find innovative law firms willing to offer alternative billing arrangements.

To be successful at making a change from the billable hour to alternative billing methods, you must be clear about the benefits to you and to your clients, and the consequences for failing to make the change.

Last month, I wrote about the fact that hourly billing isn't going away, no matter what the industry predictors say about alternative fees, new ways of showing value, and new paradigms for delivering legal services.

Incidentally, if you are looking for additional guidance on flat fees and alternative billing, perhaps one of the best authorities is Allison Shields of Legalease Blogs, who has written extensively about this topic.

Your partner's responses to the following questions will offer valuable insight about the firm's willingness and ability to «accept and live with» one or more types of alternative billing arrangements.

Cartier Liebel empathizes to some extent, believing that Wold «has been sold a bill of goods about job prospects and not been provided reasonable alternatives during the course of his education which included entrepreneurship with his degree.

So that's why I didn't quite understand value billing guru Ron Baker's post about Shepherd's alternative billing system.

There's lots of talk about moving to billing alternatives to the billable hour.

Your partners» responses to the following questions will offer valuable insight about the firm's willingness and ability to «accept and live with» one or more types of alternative billing arrangements.

But as the Lawrence and Wachtell cases show, even cases involving alternative billing can raise questions about whether the client received value at the end of the day.

I think so often metrics in the law firm library circle around things like number of reference requests, docketed / billed hours spent, and budget targets; it is good to learn about alternatives that provide more value for measuring performance.

We've written a lot about the billable hour from various perspectives, and have considered some alternative billing arrangements available to lawyers and clients.

Law Firm Suites client and transactional attorney, Jason Huf, also mentioned this article in his recent blog post about «part - time in house counsel» arrangements as an alternative to the traditional hourly billing model.

We've been hearing about so - called alternative billing in earnest for the last five years.

Some alternatives also reduce management headaches and surprises: with a flat fee, retainer, or contingent fee, there are no hourly bills to review and no concerns about over-staffing (indeed, the client needs to make sure the staff is competent and sufficient).

We know about things like e-discovery, business development, alternative billing and succession planning, but when it comes to the world of HR, there seems to be a gap.

The firm is hardly the only one to consider billing alternatives — fixed fees, success fees, and the like — but it is making itself distinctive and different simply by talking about the taboo topic of how law firms charge their clients.

In this episode of New Solo, host Adriana Linares talks with Vandenack Weaver LLC founder Mary Vandenack about lawyers using alternative billing models.

For a consumer who is not eligible for the installment payment plan and is not great about paying bills on time, it might be best to consider alternative options with more flexibility or leeway in the case of premium payments.

It's much better than the alternative of doing nothing about it, which is going to result in worsened credit, annoying bill collectors, and the possibility of having your car impounded.

This app bills itself as a free alternative text and calling app, with free messaging between members and real - time updates about when your messages have been read.

3.3 New clause: 4A Special Guardianship Support and Information Services The aim of these amendments is to ensure that improved support for adopters in this Bill, in the form of personal budgets and better information about support is extended to special guardians who, like adopters, are providing a permanent home for the child as an alternative to them being in the care system.

While working full time in order to pay bills sucks — for me the alternative is not even worth thinking about.