When Gibbons submits a legal bill to a client, it does so through one of two-dozen e-billing programs the Newark, NJ firm is required to use, each one slightly different from the others, according to managing partner Patrick Dunican Jr.
Billing Scrutiny Creates Tension Between Firm and Client
Legal bill scrutiny in its many forms ' internally by legal departments, by nonlawyer staff elsewhere in the company, by third-party auditors, or via e-billing software ' has the potential to affect how and when law firms get paid, but the practical effect is up for debate.
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