Sentences with phrase «firms considered the billing»

Until recently, not many law firms considered the billing process to be anything more than a support function.

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On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew told The New York Times that the Obama administration was considering executive action to discourage corporate «inversions» — transactions in which American corporations move their tax residency abroad by being «bought» by smaller foreign firms, in order to reduce their American corporate tax bills.

The question has sparked a high - stakes fight in Springfield, as the House gets ready to consider a bill that would give private firms a look at now - confidential data.

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First, the bill being considered in the Senate would create what we did not have before: a way to protect the financial system, the broader economy, and American taxpayers in the event that a large financial firm begins to fail.

A proposal to weaken protections against aquatic invaders in the Great Lakes has failed in the Senate as most Great Lakes senators stood firm against allowing the bill to even be considered.

Have you considered working with a debt counseling firm to get your bills under control?

Consider ticks, says Bill Griesinger, president / CEO of Karykion, Inc., a Princeton, N.J., bio-tech research firm that offers a tick removal product for canines and equines.

Consider the ability to talk to a customer and track time simultaneously on your cellphone with the use of the Firm Central Time & Billing mobile short - cut.

A recent thread in the right - wing blogosphere has it that law firm Perkins Coie has billed Obama's lobbying organization more than a million dollars while trying to suppress lawsuits over Obama's eligibility to be president, an issue that has long been considered settled by the courts but continues to simmer on the Internet.

When faced with these decisions, firms should consider factors that relate to office harmony, the Billing Attorney's role in the firm, whether the firm wants to incent business development at every attorney level, and the priorities of the firm.

However, law firms today do not use recorded time as one factor to consider in billing clients, but use recorded time as the sole factor in billing clients.

In a recent British Columbia case, an appeal court struck down a law firm's bill because the client hadn't been advised that the firm planned to bill what it considered was a «fair» fee for the work it performed, not simply its hourly rate.

(See my post «How the Legal Industry's Pursuit of Leverage Pits the Client's Interests Against Those of the Law Firm» — where I recount my chief financial officer friend's receipt of a bill from an AmLaw 100 highest revenue firm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate groFirm» — where I recount my chief financial officer friend's receipt of a bill from an AmLaw 100 highest revenue firm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate grofirm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate group!)

Value billing is being looked at very carefully, as the economy drives law firms to consider changing the way they charge clients, according to an ABA discussion Atlanta, reports ABANow.com.

As law firms grow to meet client needs, they often consider joining a firm network or expanding internationally, but Toronto business lawyer Bill Northcote poses an interesting question in Lawyers Weekly: are networks and global firms competitors, or do they serve separate markets and clientele?

In contrast, if a firm is torn down and rebuilt, the opportunity for the firm's senior leadership to integrate with what are generally considered back - office functions (billing, collections, and accounts payable) is huge.

Here are a few of things to consider to optimize your billings and save time processing your firms billing.

And if you don't like the idea of hourly billing, consider what Bombardier has been trying — a weekly billing model based on «X thousands» of dollars a week for the period of a project and it's the job of the firm to staff it to make sure it makes money.

Other types of fields of information you should consider keeping for each contact may be: information on the contact's business and industry, who else knows them in the firm, and any relevant financial information from your time and billing database if they are a client.

Often, the first metric considered is price - related, such as partner billing rates paid to each firm in the company's panel.

Most law firms should seriously consider a cloud - based rather than desktop - based billing solution for these reasons:

Some firms consider it good practice to bill a transactional matter - in - progress before closing, especially one that takes many months to complete.

As you watch your medical bills pile up and continue to lose income from missed days at work due to your injuries, you may consider whether you should call a personal injury law firm to discuss your legal rights.

Diagnose a sick firm culture and you will find 10 symptoms: poor productivity; lawyers who fail to bill and collect; high personnel turnover; hostility between individuals; low morale; out of control overhead; lawyers unwilling to change or consider new practice ideas; lack of initiative or creativity; apathy; and the inability of management to gain support for its decisions.

For all the challenges of law firm billing it's worth considering the unifying theme of Mr. Lee's point: the very act of billing is and of itself sends a message.

As law firms grow to meet client needs, they often consider joining a firm network or expanding internationally, but Toronto business lawyer Bill... Read more

The Bill would also allow the HRPA to inspect the practice of a member or firm if they are considered incapacitated because of a physical or mental illness, condition or disorder, another infirmity or excessive use of alcohol or drugs.

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.

If you are operating your own small firm or solo law practice and are considering updating your billing procedures to make them automated, easy - to - use, and efficient, then you are no doubt considering the question of: «How much is this all going to cost?»

The overhaul — which was presented to the firm's partnership at its recent partnership meeting in Monaco — will see partner performance assessed by considering a broader range of factors encompassing business development, marketing and innovation, rather than a sole focus on individual billings.

Langdon emphasized the importance of considering value - based billing in which a portion of the fee is determined subjectively by the client depending on the value they perceive the external firm brought to the matter.

Small entities and inventors have been given far too little voice on this bill when one considers that they rely far more heavily on the patent system than do large firms who can control their markets by their size alone.