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Why E-Billing Programs Often Fail For Smaller Customers

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The Legal Bill Reviewer blog is written and maintained by John Conlon. It is written for all those who are interested in the art and science of reviewing legal bills, legal ethics issues impacting legal billing, and in litigation management issues that affect legal costs.

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"[G]eneralities about tasks performed provide insufficient information for the fact finder to meaningfully review whether the tasks and hours were reasonable and necessary." Long v. Griffin, 442 S.W.3d 253, 255 (Tex. 2014).

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What the ethics of the legal profession say about legal fees

“Participation by too many lawyers is another form over lawyering that can result in a violation of Rule 1.5(a).” ABA Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct (7th ed. 2007) Comments to RPC 1.5 at p. 73 “Too Many Lawyers Working on a Matter”

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Did You Know

Using "block billing" where two or more tasks are combined into a single entry without a breakdown of the time spend on each task “hides accountability and may increase time by 10% to 30%.” CA State Bar Arbitration Advisory 2003-01 (January 29, 2003), “Detecting Attorney Bill Padding” at p. 7.

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