Law firms also use Contract Express to reduce unrecoverable hours and
increase fee earner efficiency in order to engage in sustainable and profitable alternative billing arrangements.
Not exact matches
Cuomo's budget includes some small
fee increases and limits on deductions for high income
earners, but no new taxes.
As a result, the Obama administration has proposed
increasing «mandatory spending,» which designates money generated by selling federal assets or raising taxes (such as a proposed $ 10
fee per barrel of oil sold and
increasing taxes on higher - income
earners) to pay for specific programs.
It said the new
fee regime was «fair and progressive in protecting low
earners» and noted that participation from all socio - economic groups had
increased since
fees were raised in 2006.
With a greater emphasis on costs and proportionality, there is an
increasing tendency (and desirability) for costs lawyers to attend costs management conferences (CMC) either in addition to, or instead of the conducting
fee -
earner or counsel.
The programme has already proved successful — the LinkedIn page has seen its number of followers
increase by more than half during the past 12 months, attracting both
fee earners and people with business services backgrounds, and new hires have been made via LinkedIn at the director, manager and executive level.
FPC letters in will attract an award and
increased rates will be triggered if the
fee earner's office is within the south - east circuit.
For professional advice markets where the
fee -
earner and client relationship and the ability to sustain and
increase justifiable billing are key, individual expertise appears to me to be the critical factor.
«Pay for
fee -
earners and support staff are both rising, along with headcounts, and a lot of firms are now dusting down investment plans that were put to one side during the recession — renewal of matter management software,
increased marketing activity, and refurbishment of premises are all on the agenda again.»
Career progression Despite efforts to
increase transparency around career progression,
fee earners complained there remains a lack of openness, which can create a perception that promotion opportunities are not available to all.
Increases in numbers of
fee earners have also hit profits.