Sentences with phrase «of alternative fee arrangements over»

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The use of technology and alternative fee arrangements have exploded in the past few years; however, prepaid legal plans have been around for over forty years!

An article in Inside Counsel gives five strategies clients can use to prevent «runaway legal fees,» claiming that although more «companies are moving to alternative fee arrangements, seeking either fixed or flat fees to cover legal work over a period of time,....

It used to be that alternative or «appropriate» fee arrangements were the common subject matter of in - house counsel conference seminars, but over the last few years the mechanics around the various AFAs out there have given way, it seems, to a more hefty discussion on more thought - out budgets and project management.

Download Report 2014 CounselLink Enterprise Legal Management Year - End Trends Report Executive Highlights AFA usage has been increasing steadily over the past 4 years The number of legal departments engaging in alternative fee arrangements with their law firms is...

Carrying over from the last few years is a decline in the use of alternative fee arrangements — 3.2 per cent said AFAs were the billing arrangement they had with their primary law firm / external service provider, which was a slight drop from 4.9 per cent last year and a considerable drop from 12.7 per cent in 2015.

There's been a lot of talk over the years of the importance of law firms stepping up to offer added value, alternative fee arrangements, and better relationship management to clients.

Indeed, as we said years ago in the post chronomentrophobia, «from the perspective of the overworked associate or partner, there is nothing wrong with the billable hour fee system that is not very likely to be carried over to any alternative billing arrangements, so long as the firm expects the shift to be made without reducing its income or profits, and the lawyer expects the same income.