In any case, on a particular engagement, it is possible that the client may have negotiated a discount off
the standard billing rates, or some sort of cap on the total billings.
That notional number of equity partners equals equity partner work (hours times
standard billing rates) for the sub-unit as a percentage of total equity partner work for the firm, times the total number of equity partners in the firm.
The notional number of equity partners working on a matter equals equity partner work on the matter (hours times
standard billing rates) as a percentage of the total equity partner work for the firm, times the total number of equity partners in the firm.
Keith's colleagues seem enamored these days with looking at overall realization rates, which are the amounts actually collected as a percentage of what was worked at
standard billing rates.
Realization rate is the percentage of
standard billing rates that is actually collected.
Profitability at the matter level can also be expressed in terms of the law firm economic model, in which profits equal the product of realization rate, average
standard billing rate, leverage, margin and utilization.
[email protected] The article also dwells on the Real Rate Report of CT TyMetrix and possible extensions of that company's initiative (See my post of June 2, 2010: hourly rates of US partners from the Report; June 3, 2010: «
standard billing rate» is illusory; Jan. 19, 2012: U.S. litigation firms charged a blended rate of $ 385 an hour; Jan. 23, 2012: clear data on the rising rates of law firms as they grow larger; and Jan. 19, 2012: gaps between average billing rates of U.S. litigation associates and partners.).
Not exact matches
But because operators
bill at such a high
rate for data roaming — at about 15 cents per kilobyte of information in France, for example, which is roughly the amount of information in this paragraph — consumers typically reach that limit within a few hours of downloading
standard e-mails.
Such an outcome would be undesirable for the world's investors, however, which explains why
ratings agency
Standard & Poor's moved to downgrade U.S. treasury
bills to AA + after the debt - ceiling deal had been reached.
«Our
bill lowers the tax
rates and increases the
standard deduction so people can immediately keep more of their paychecks — instead of having to rely on a myriad of provisions that many will never use and others may use only once in their lifetime,» the sponsors said.
Both versions of the
bill would cut taxes by about $ 1.5 trillion over the next decade, slashing the corporate tax
rate and doubling the
standard deduction used by most Americans.
Observation: Although the
standard deduction increases for all taxpayers, because of the increase in the bottom tax
rate from 10 % to 12 % and the elimination of personal exemptions, some lower income taxpayers could see a small increase in their tax
bills under the Trump tax plan.
The company ended up
billing the utility above - market
rates for expenses, charged nearly double the
standard wages for line crews, and used expensive charter flights to bring in supplies.
The Sharpe ratio is calculated by subtracting the risk - free
rate - such as that of the 3 - month U.S. Treasury
Bill - from the
rate of return for a portfolio and dividing the result by the
standard deviation of the portfolio returns.
The final
bill lowers the corporate
rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, gives pass - through businesses like the Trump Organization a 20 percent tax deduction, increases the
standard deduction, expands the child tax credit, and temporarily lowers individual
rates across the board.
Standard & Poor's announced yesterday that it has raised its credit
ratings on Russian company Wimm -
Bill - Dann, after an improved financial performance in 2006.
Representative Lynn Woolsey (D - CA) is introducing a
bill to Congress that would finally get junk foods out of our schools, addressing skyrocketing childhood obesity
rates and bringing school nutrition
standards forward 40 years.
Congress included a provision in its October 2013 spending
bill that reopened the government and authorized that furloughed employees receive «at their regular
standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable.»
«While I understand the reason for the question in the current environment, the home purchase mortgage was obtained through a commercial bank with
standard rates and term,» said Hinton, who recently left a job as a top press aide for New York City Mayor
Bill de Blasio.
On Wednesday, Republicans showed little interest in scaling back the dimensions of their tax
bill, which would consolidate seven brackets into four, reduce the corporate tax
rate from 35 percent to 20 percent, phase out the estate tax, and double the
standard deduction to $ 24,000 per married couple and $ 12,000 per individual.
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The
bill replaces AYP
standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation
rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.
The
bill specifically prevents the federal government from requiring that states evaluate teachers at all, much less use test scores to
rate them, and says the education secretary can not dictate any specific academic
standards to states.
The
bill eliminates certain
standards, one of which participating schools must achieve — either that 70 percent of voucher students advance one grade level, 80 percent demonstrate significant academic progress, average attendance
rates among participants of 90 percent or 70 percent of voucher parents meet participation goals.
Someone else can track the
rate at which one state progressed in their curricular roll out over another, or analyze if and how the number of legislative
bills approved to delay
standards implementation correlates with lagging graduation
rates.
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You can earn 1 % cash back on cash advances and cash convenience checks if they're
billed at the
standard rate for cash advances.
First we have the story from the UK Evening
Standard, and then, for sanity check, an excerpt from a letter that Pershing Square's
Bill Ackman, who is heavily short Ambac and MBIA (both their stocks and their debt via credit default swapw) sent to the
rating agencies.
The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in fixed income securities, such as U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and
bills, Treasury inflation - protected securities, U.S. Treasury Strips, U.S. Government agency securities (primarily mortgage - backed securities), and investment grade corporate debt
rated BBB or higher by
Standard & Poor's Global
Ratings or Baa or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or having an equivalent
rating from another independent
rating organization.
The
standard measure is the TED spread - the difference between the Treasury
Bill rate and the Eurodollar
rate.
The promotional
rate will remain in effect until the end of the 15th
billing cycle
billing cycle after account opening, thereafter, the
standard rate of 11.65 % to 18.65 % for purchases and balance transfer applies.
The catch is a higher interest
rate, the standard variable Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for purchases is 24.49 % so you want to pay off your entire balance each billing cycle and have the payments credited to your account before or by the due date to avoid paying interest charges on your purcha
rate, the
standard variable Annual Percentage
Rate (APR) for purchases is 24.49 % so you want to pay off your entire balance each billing cycle and have the payments credited to your account before or by the due date to avoid paying interest charges on your purcha
Rate (APR) for purchases is 24.49 % so you want to pay off your entire balance each
billing cycle and have the payments credited to your account before or by the due date to avoid paying interest charges on your purchases.
By hosting a public spay / neuter day and opening the services provided to the public, any amount
billed over the
standard contract
rate is split with the rescue organization and deducted from cost of services received by the organization lowering your total cost for services provided to as low as $ 24 per animal while providing valuable veterinary care and increased animal care and wellness education to the public.
All suites are of a top
billing standard, all uniquely furnished and individually decorated offering our guests a luxurious environment at a more than the nominal
rate.
«I am an independent advocate for affordable electricity for all
rate classes, and an electricity market and policy analyst,» Stacy said in his April 2014 testimony on the
bill that froze Ohio's renewable energy
standard.
For instance, for residential customers in areas where Time of Use (TOU)
rates are
standard (like California), Green Button interval data can show how changing the timing of certain energy - intensive activities can result in reduced energy
bills.
The authors of the report conclude that the events of the past year or so may not be just your
standard cyclical «blip,» but the beginning of a fundamental shift in the way the legal marketplace operates, marking the end of
standard yearly
billing rate increases, increased resort to outsourcing and clients just generally refusing to accept terms of engagement unilaterally dictated by firms.
Bill your
standard rate or set up custom
rates and
billing options per client or attorney.
Billing realization
rates («that percentage of
standard rates actually
billed... Continue Reading
In addition to our
standard hourly
billing, we offer flat fees, blended
rates, partial contingency arrangements and capped fees.
A rare few obtain median
billing rates for their markets and practice areas and compare their own
rates to these
standards.
Lastly, the industry
standard is that lawyers
bill for their travel time at either their full hourly
rate or half of their hourly
rate.
Use attorneys»
standard rate,
bill by timekeeper level (partner, associate, etc.), or create custom
rates for any timekeeper for any client.
I
bill at a regular
standard hourly
rate, unless you request my services on an emergency matter.
Bill has received the highest professional
rating for general ethical
standards and legal ability from Martindale Hubbell, and has been regularly recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the categories of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions — Defendants and as an Indiana Super Lawyer.
* Requires a separate engagement letter directly with Fenwick & West, and is
billed separately at
standard law firm
rates.
Firms are reporting or planning an increase of four per cent in
standard hourly
billing rates for 2011.
They may
bill at an «attorney's
rate,» a
standard flat
rate, or any
rate that is established in the engagement agreement and is acceptable to the client.
Checks against corporate
billing guidelines Produces invoice files in all six LEDES
standards Supports more than 3,500 corporate clients Reduces e-
billing rejection
rates by 66 % Trims write - offs and write - downs by 50 %
That has become more important when the overall collected realization
rate — the percentage collected of the
standard value of the work
billed — has dropped to 83.49 per cent, according to the Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor in the 2014 Report on the State of the Legal Market.