Do you bill for getting up to speed on a new matter? I just started a new firm and need to spend some hours familiarizing myself with cases.

Hi, i am CA and MBA with 17 years of experience in finance field
I have expertise in MIS budgeting and planning and analytics
Currently actively looking out for job opportunity since my last working day with ICICI bank was March 2022.
Can anyone please refer me in TCS bPS

Anyone hiring for corporate strategy or similar roles?

Any other hiring managers feeling like all of your candidates are asking for more money last minute just to see how far they can go? Like if we say the range is 110-130K, they say they’re looking for 135K, you offer 135K and then they say they won’t take the job for less than 150? Not even with competing offers. It’s hard for me to stay excited about wanting to work with someone when they do that. What a waste of everyone’s time.

Sry if this is not the right place to ask .. but I'd love to know at what age would you consider the latest to get engaged/married?

& At what age did you start checking your fertility status?

I'm 31, in a long-term relationship (7+) ... Known each other almost half my life. 32 is 6 months ago ... i'm scared for the future but I also don't know where to start. Do I need to start looking into the fertility stuff now?

Tbh "Imagineer" is just Disney Kool-Aid

What do you think a pharmacist can do to make some extra cash? Other than picking up PRN position?

Has anyone heard about GSAP decision news yet?

I have got 6 years of experience and I have done MBA in finance. My last company was a Big 4. They are ready to pay me 9L and I require a 100% increment. will they give me 12 L? Should I accept 9 L?

Got lwd in my mailbox but unable to open italent to check my workflow. When I will get access in italent. Please let me know if you have any info. Ty

We are a small shop of 10 and are sorely lacking any people of color on our team. How do we recruit interest without coming right out and asking for POC to apply?

I absolutely can’t seem to learn accents no matter how many youtube videos I watch and dialogues I listen to. Is there a trick I’m missing?

Chemotherapy is always improving but there's a lack of funding for some areas. Why do you think this is?

In a firm where people are regularly put on secondment, is it opening a can of worms (i.e. signaling you're looking to leave and/or not interested in billing) to proactively inquire about opportunities?

2020 Graduate, began clerking in July. I have never been work from home and I cannot imagine doing this job and learning as much as I have while wfh. Do any other clerks feel this way and if you aren’t a clerk and are a recent grad, do you feel like you are learning necessary skills while wfh?

Trying to find a lateral (with their own book) to join our firm. We are a small firm of about 6 attorneys and represent a number of super high net worth investors and investment firms. So there would likely be significant referrals to the lateral. Any advice on finding such a person.

Is law school performance any indication of how good of an attorney you can be? I work at a boutique firm, and I get intimidated when Biglaw opposing counsel graduated at the top of their class...

Does anyone have any info on parr brown gee and loveless in Salt Lake City?

Any US in-house counsel that has made the switch to work overseas? Looking to change to the European market and would appreciate any and all pointers, specifically how to retain pay rates.

Has your Firm updated their wfh policy, or created one, for the long term after people return to work? If so, mind sharing what it entails? thanks!

Does a federal clerkship make sense if my goal is to ultimately end up at a small firm or even , to start my own firm (which may be focused more on state matters with an occasional federal matter mixed in)?

Suppose my hypothetical AssociateOP, LLP firm had a revenue dip in April and May, but we got things back up and running again and made bank in 2020, so our revenue and profit was about the same as in 2019. Would a "sorry there was a pandemic, no bonuses this year even if you made hours" fly with associates or should the firm be honest about its numbers?

What’s the pay scale for corporate mid (3-4th yr) at a midsize firm in CA (SF/LA/SD)? Are midsize firms in such market typically on lock-step or black-box?

When drafting an MSJ is it better to address the ways that OC might overcome it; or is it better to just generally say why you’re entitled to MSJ and avoid tackling the finer issues that your MSJ presents?

Came across the Padgett Law group today at work. Anybody have any insight on what it’s like to be an attorney there?

Partner sent me an email at 3:57AM, today. Think that was the last thing to come off the desk or first thing to come off the desk?

My firm recently updated the Intapp Time app and it seems to be capturing my time more aggressively than the previous version. E.g., Composed email to X, edited doc Y, viewed email from recruiter Z? Yo!! How do I shut the damn thing off? Stuff is creepy to me. No doubt Big brother's watching.

Massachusetts state court, if plaintiff loses at med mal trial, can defendants seek attorney's fees?

Is there any way of figuring out if your firm has downloaded spyware on your company mobile/laptop? Do you use a separate mobile device for Fishbowl/social media/text messaging?

Went in-house for work-life balance and all I got was a 50% pay cut #regrets

Does anyone have any insight into billable hours and associate salaries at Ballard Spahr in Minneapolis? I've got 4 years of experience, graduated in 2018.

I found out a soon to be 2nd year associate got a 10k raise making his salary 110k now, while I, the soon to be 3rd year associate got a 2k raise making my salary 107k. So now the 2nd year male associate is making more money than me. How do I bring this up to the partners?

After interviewing multiple candidates and selecting a candidate to offer the position, do law firms typically keep backup candidates incase their number one choice falls through?