Early in my career, I was doing well at a midsized accounting firm. But one thing struck me as absurd. There was constant pressure on my team and me to hit a certain number of billable hours — a lot ...

Today’s story is an example of the old saying, “When the cat’s away, the mice will play.” In litigation, you are the cat. Your attorney’s large law firm is the mouse that bills you thousands of ...

Ah, the B-word. Attorneys have a complicated relationship with it. For many, it's the bane of their existence, but billables are also the holy grail of law firm profitability. The billable hours ...

For decades, the billable hour has been the legal profession's sacred cow—a billing model so entrenched that many lawyers can't imagine practicing without it. But as artificial intelligence transforms ...