[ii] Because of the economics of greatly scaled - up specialization and volume of production of a sophisticated support service, we were far more cost -
efficient than any law firm can be.
Not exact matches
There is a reason most
law firms bill their students at a much lower rate - a senior legal research lawyer can be more effective and
efficient than a student.
Like other small businesses, small
law firms are often more flexible, more
efficient, and adapt to change at a faster pace
than their big counterparts.
Let's face it, even if your staff needs help in becoming more
efficient, it doesn't mean that they're completely incompetent — in fact, no one knows how your
law firm works better
than your staff.
That is, rather
than needing to establish new markets, much of
law firm innovation can focus on making current practice (much) more
efficient.
There's more
than one way to run an
efficient law firm.
While many large departments look to legal ops teams for efficiency and ideas for doing more with in - sourced resources that cost less money
than law firms, that's a strategy that places their teams in direct competition with ALSPs, which can effectively demonstrate to executive management that they offer less expensive and more flexible outsourcing arrangements that provide more
efficient, agile and effective solutions for cost conscious companies.
In the slow growth
law firm industry, where competition for work and talent has intensified and pricing pressure is high, building a differentiated brand and a more
efficient business model have become more important
than ever before.
Sustaining innovations in
law firms include email (a more
efficient communication medium
than letters or faxes) and time - and - billing software (a more
efficient docketing methodology
than making hand - written entries on timesheets).
While
law firms are traditionally one of the key tenants to anchor new office towers, more recently they have been moving to make more
efficient use of space rather
than to gain bragging rights, Learner notes.
Business Tax Items • Permanently extends the 2001/2003 tax rates for adjusted gross income levels under $ 450,000 ($ 400,000 single); good for small business and home builders, 80 % of whom are pass - thru entities who pay taxes on the individual side of the code • Permanently extends the Alternative Minimum patch; again, good for small business owners who are frequently at risk of paying AMT • Permanently sets the parameters of the estate tax; positive for family - owned construction
firms; codifies the 2010 $ 5 million exemption amount (indexed to inflation) and a 40 percent estate tax rate • Extends present
law section 179 small business expensing through the end of 2013; offers cash flow and administrative cost benefits for small
firms • Extends the section 45L new energy -
efficient home tax credit through the end of 2013; allows a $ 2,000 tax credit for the construction of for sale and for - lease energy -
efficient homes in buildings with fewer
than three floors above grade