There’s a really great posting by Marie Burgess of Aderant for law firms called “Navigating the Complexities of Outside Counsel Guidelines” available here. (Couldn’t have said it any better myself.)
Category: Law Firm Oversight
Hard to believe but true…
Having been involved with legal ebilling for so long, I have always been interested in articles on fraud associated with legal billing. Hand-in-hand with this are articles that track embezzlement within law firms or law departments. With the technology available in this day and age I am amazed it still occurs and am perplexed by the arrogance of anyone who thinks they can get away with it. The Global Legal Post reported today on an instance where a former law office manager in Australia pled guilty to siphoning A$2.1M (!!!) from two trust accounts managed by her former firm between 2007 and 2015. Simply unbelievable…