Changing times have made the gold standard in legal billing less viable — but it’s not entirely obsolete.
The 2008 economic downturn accelerated corporations’ decisions to put a cap on legal spending — not only in terms of spending volume but also how many outside counsel they would ultimately engage. This forced general counsel as well as their law firms to take pricing seriously beyond just raising billable hour rates.
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