Somehow, I missed the release of Fulbright’s 9th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report (WEBSITE) back in March. If you did, too, or if you weren’t wearing your ‘pricing’ cap, there are a few take-aways worth noting. First, the report uncovered a “new direction” for alternative fee arrangements (AFAs). After a three-year climb (’09 – 49%, ’10 – 54%, ’11 […]

In April, Altman Weil released the results of its 2013 Law Firms in Trasition survey. Law firm pricing plays a prominent role this year: two of the survey’s five “changes that the profession is facing” are pricing issues. The 2013 survey reports that law firms “feel real pricing pressure from clients” and “recognize the competitive forces of commoditization and the emergence of […]