Tue.Mar 12, 2019

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Line Item: Do You Know Where Your Overhead Is?

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Law firms tend to not track things well.? That includes time and billing, where they regularly tend to leave hours on the table.? But, it also extends to other parts of the practice.? So, when was the last time you examined your budget? Lawyers who know their overhead are empowered because they have a baseline idea of what they need to make to keep the lights on, and what they need to make over and above that to earn a comfortable living.?

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District Court Rules That a Telemarketer’s Single Unanswered Call Creates Article III Standing

Consumer Financial Services Law

By: Zachary K. Dunn A single missed call from a telemarketer constitutes a concrete injury that gives rise to standing, a federal district court in California has ruled. In Shuckett v. DialAmerica Marketing, Inc. , 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29598 (S.D. Cal. Feb. 22, 2019), the defendant DialAmerica was hired by another company, American Standard, to conduct telemarketing calls.