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Want to improve AI for law? Let's talk about public data and collaboration

May 22, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

A year after Supreme Court's TC Heartland ruling, patent cases are up in Delaware and LA

May 22, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

Studying for the bar? Put down the phone—or not

May 22, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

Half of firms miss billing goals and majority of partners resist change, says new survey

May 21, 2018, 4:20 pm CDT

North Carolina bar to propose mandatory technology CLE credit

May 21, 2018, 3:26 pm CDT

Apps used to stalk can endanger domestic violence victims, but be difficult for lawyers to uncover

May 21, 2018, 2:40 pm CDT

San Francisco district attorney to use algorithm to aid marijuana expungements

May 21, 2018, 2:03 pm CDT

Pass rate for February's California state bar exam drops by more than 7 percentage points

May 21, 2018, 1:35 pm CDT

Federal watchdog launches investigation of age bias at IBM

May 21, 2018, 10:55 am CDT

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What is the most you've ever billed or worked in a year?

A Michigan lawyer reported in a survey conducted by the publishers of American Lawyer that he billed 3,600 hours last year. What's the most you've ever billed or worked in a year? Would you do it again? Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: Do you read novels?

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Posted by Bradford P: "I read a lot of novels as well as biographies and history, But the one book I have read time and time again is W. Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge, in which the lead character upon a return from spending time with a guru in India says: 'If you throw a stone in a pond, the universe is not the same as it was before.' That concept has affected my life since I was a teenager. I have used it in numerous speeches over the years and written about it. I hope when I die, they will say about me: 'He tried to make a difference.'"

In the Magazine

From the May 2018 issue

Full disclosure

New York considers changing discovery rules that often leave defense lawyers in the dark

Talk isn't cheap

Appeals court stymies bid to regulate high cost of prison phone calls

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Posts examine cases of misconduct, overcharging and abuses of power in the criminal justice system. Prosecutors are featured who take a data-driven approach to reducing crime and recidivism.