Not exact matches
, author Tim Bratton notes that despite all of the discussion about alternative
fee arrangements, the focus of in - house counsel continues to be on billable hours as a
standard for measuring «value,» even while all involved seem to concede that time does not actually equate to value.
Aderant Expert MatterWorks utilizes an easy - to - use wizard approach to simplify matter planning and forecasting, enabling firms to more easily and confidently respond to and manage requests for both
standard and alternative
fee arrangements.
Alternative
fee arrangements will become the
standard, and if there are any new law school graduates hired from the classes of 2009 and beyond (it seems that no 2009 grad has started before 2010), they will know only non-hourly
fees.
Both consortiums possessed a
standard 30 per cent contingency
fee arrangement with the class.
In addition to our
standard hourly billing, we offer flat
fees, blended rates, partial contingency
arrangements and capped
fees.
The court's decision thus neutralizes many of the benefits of the fixed
fee, including administrative ease and shared risk (presumably, if one of the trigger events for withdrawal of the
fee does not occur, the lawyer must refund the
fee, which is not the case with a
standard flat
fee arrangement).
Crane discussed a number of alternative
fee arrangements including discounted and volume discounts (e.g. 15 per cent on the
standard hourly rate, for example, when
fees billed exceed $ 100,000 a year), and blended hourly rates (such as $ 400 / hr blended rate for all lawyers on a file or $ 300 / hr for associates and $ 500 / hr for partners), as well as fixed and capped
fees.
In my view the signed - by - Buyer Conf of Co-op and Rep should be our «
standard practice» for REGISTRATION of offers (in writing, with terms of Agency and LBO - Co-op broker
arrangements set out in writing)... and if it was our
standard, then a) we'd know if a now - verbally registered offer was actually signed and b) what the Co-op Broker was proposing as it's
fee.
Real estate brokers who meet in private (at Realtor Association forms committees) and alter
standard form purchase agreements in such a way that causes an increase in
fees for their affiliated business
arrangements.