By Chris Pucci. The billable hour is under scrutiny. Despite being the default way to charge clients and measure fee earner performance...

Why Retroactive Classification Makes Legal Practice Predictable By Pieter van der Hoeven. Every matter is unique. But often, the...

If your firm is serious about pricing and legal project management, this new series will help you scale up your initiatives By Pieter van...

By Pieter van der Hoeven. The rise of legal service delivery has its roots in the economic downturn of 2008. Since the move of work...

If I never hear the word ‘unprecedented’ again, it will be too soon, but there is undoubtedly no play book for what we are experiencing....

1 . Introduction On Melbourne Cup Day 2018, I was in Auckland, New Zealand attending the Thomson Reuters Legal Leaders’ Forum; a full-day...

Legal Pricing Experts Launch International Academy The Legal Pricing Academy professionalizes the law firm pricing function...

Legal procurement is no longer an unchartered territory: Following top management’s mandate to not only reduce spend but to also drive...

Most firms now recognise that pricing strategy and execution requires considerably more focus and effort than has historically been the...

“Is the Billable Hour Obsolete?, The Billable Hour Must Die, An Obituary for the Billable Hour” These are the titles of a few recent...

Interview with Thought Leader and expert on pricing Richard Burcher, Managing Director of Validatum Richard, can you tell us a little bit...

Knowing the costs of serving your clients is important, but it’s not the same thing as knowing how to price your services. Costing is...

The Latin term for price is pretium. However, closer investigation reveals that pretium also means ‘value’. In other words, the Romans...

"Is the billable hour slowing down innovation?" was the title of a webinar I recently had the privilege of being part of a couple of...

We want to pay less. This is what resonates in the literature and studies on new developments in the legal market. The core theme in this...

These "rules" were written sometime in 2010 or earlier by U.S. lawyer, blogger & creative entrepreneur Matthew Homann who at the time was...

I know the death throes of time based billing in firms are significant with some firms now finding even more ways to track their time via...