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Merry Christmas: Remit Payment Upon Receipt

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by Bitter Staff on December 27, 2011 in Comics

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Enclosed for your convenience please find an invoice for services rendered through December 25, 2011

Entrenchment

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by Albert Wang on August 15, 2011 in Comics

Billing in BigLaw sometimes requires extreme measures. (Click the image to see the full comic.)

Bitter News, Week of August 8th, 2011

by Bitter Newsroom on August 8, 2011 in News

Here are your headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, where we bounce back! Why Lawyer Pay Will Shrink: Reverse auctions are driving Biglaw rates down as large firms anonymously submit quotes for a jobs posted by major companies. With the increased number of lawyers being dumped into the market graduating each year, it seems like this may be a trend [...]

Billables > Quality

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by Albert Wang on August 1, 2011 in Comics

But then again, what firm with a billable-hour requirement would be doing traffic court except as pro bono? (Click the image to see the full comic.)

The Adderall Diaries

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by Law Firm 10 on May 31, 2011 in Columns

Somebody once called the law a jealous mistress, although I can’t recall who (maybe it was the guy whose dead body is on display at University College London and in a photo on page 330 of my Property textbook). In any case, it’s totally true. And I’m afraid my mistress is going to dump me [...]