How Billable Hours Changed the Legal Profession

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By Paul M. Barrett

December 4, 2014 at 12:58 PM UTC

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This article is part of the December 8, 2014 issue of businessweek.

How Billable Hours Changed the Legal Profession

1975 The Supreme Court rules in Goldfarb vs. Virginia State Bar that “minimum-fee schedules” used to set lawyer rates violate federal antitrust law.