http://www.solicitr.com/2008/07/25/microsofts-trims-legal-bills-and-scraps-hourly-rate-billings/ Legal News, Legal Views, Law News, Legal Jobs, Law Jobs, Training Contracts, Training Contract News, Legal Humour Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:53:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.solicitr.com/2008/07/25/microsofts-trims-legal-bills-and-scraps-hourly-rate-billings/comment-page-1/#comment-200 davied Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:26:36 +0000 http://www.solicitr.com/?p=55#comment-200 value based instead of hourly rate billing, wonder how that would equate to fee-earning targets? value based instead of hourly rate billing, wonder how that would equate to fee-earning targets?

]]> http://www.solicitr.com/2008/07/25/microsofts-trims-legal-bills-and-scraps-hourly-rate-billings/comment-page-1/#comment-199 City Mickey Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:22:47 +0000 http://www.solicitr.com/?p=55#comment-199 Given Microsoft's spend on fees each year it seems unsurprising they would use their leverage with firms to cut costs. They are pretty renowned for their ruthless corporate practices. Would be interesting to see some of the responses Brad Smith receives... Given Microsoft’s spend on fees each year it seems unsurprising they would use their leverage with firms to cut costs. They are pretty renowned for their ruthless corporate practices. Would be interesting to see some of the responses Brad Smith receives…

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