After decades of
poor billing practices including; lump sum billing, unclear labeling, surprise fees, and delayed billing - clients have lost trust in the legal billing process.
Not exact matches
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the
practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of
Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the
practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the
poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive
practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
On Wednesday,
Bill Belichick was asked for his thoughts on the
poor offensive line play around the league, and he argued that it's the result of the NFL's
practice policy.
Lightspeed delineated myriad reasons for the industry's woes: the economy, shady
billing practices,
poor customer service.
Some of the characteristics common to puppy mills include, sub-standard health and animal care as well as sub-standard breeding
practices which lead to genetic defects or hereditary disorders which can lead to exceptionally
poor health for the animals and exorbitant veterinarian
bills for the owners.
Dale clarified it in another post when he said that ``... the FIT itself is funded by energy
bills — so it's a subsidy from all users to a few — that's OK if it all goes to the fuel
poor as you describe — but in
practice a lot of it (most of it) goes to the fuel rich — increasing the
bills of the fuel
poor.
It is considered a
poor practice to wait until the end of the month to
bill all matters.
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.
KM is not about improvements in time recording, for example — that may be a joint effort between IT (building a system to automate timesheets), HR (designing processes to help partners recognise good
practice and manage
poor time - keepers), Finance (communicating the impact of good time - keeping,
billing, etc), and BD (collating feedback from clients on good and bad
practice).