lawyer news or ethics

Understanding and Reducing Attorney Fees

February 28, 2009 09:00

Consumers of legal services won’t find much information online or at their public library to help them keep their costs down when they hire a lawyer.  Some websites or firms might hawk their own services or materials as being a great value, or as an option far cheaper than using a lawyer, but...

ALF #3: don’t forget those Minimum Fee Schedules

February 25, 2009 03:17

.. Click for the video of ALF’s “Risky Business” spoof ..  .. [or, Heidi's R-rated version] note: this is #3 in our final week’s erratic ALF Series on American Legal Fees; click for #1 and #2 (hmmm, that sounds scatological); and #4 - While I was in law school, bar...

ALF #2: foxes guarding the golden eggs

February 24, 2009 19:13

.. .. ALFesq & Prof. Yabut discuss self-regulation .. .. ALF: But, Yabut, why can’t the Melmac Bar & Grill sponsor the Feline Protection League?  You know how important cats are to us. Yabut:  For snacks and meals, you mean. ALF:  As we say, “we always serve you...

ALF #1: other thoughtful voices on the lawyer billing debate

February 22, 2009 20:31

… We’re going to permanently stop production at this weblog on March 1, 2009.  As Your Editor and his alter egos wind down the blawg formerly known as ethicalEsq, the f/k/a Gang is going to do what we’ve done since the spring of 2003:  Focus our punditry on American Legal Fees...

a preference for congeniality

February 16, 2009 17:53

.. ..  ..  The Jerks vs. the Genial:  Law professor Jeff Harrison started an interesting discussion last week in a posting at MoneyLaw titled “Ready, Set, Punt” (Feb. 10, 2009).  He notes that likablity is a “Pretty crazy way to pick a football team right? The team would lose...