Counsel Culture – The Billable Hour’s Grip, Partner Pay Divides & Legal Reactions to DeepSeek’s Rise

Counsel Culture – The Billable Hour’s Grip, Partner Pay Divides & Legal Reactions to DeepSeek’s Rise

Counsel Culture – The Billable Hour’s Grip, Partner Pay Divides & Legal Reactions to DeepSeek’s Rise 2560 1707 Sean Cullen

The latest episode of Counsel Culture is now live!

This week, Meg is joined by Joint Managing Director, Michael Evans, to discuss how the billable hour is still dominant in the legal world, law firm partner pay segmentation, Post Office prosecutions, Prigozhin’s lawyers facing no regulatory action and what lawyers are making of the DeepSeek surge.

Visit the below links to listen to the episode from your platform of choice:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-billable-hours-grip-partner-pay-divides-legal/id1651377427?i=1000687447950

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0g8sfasIRmcUNVRNfMpb1R?si=adb0a42ce5db41c1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_A0OaTv9D0

If you’d like to read the stories mentioned in today’s episode, visit the below links:

Why the billable hour is still king in the legal world – https://www.ft.com/content/7750aff2-0677-4ba9-b571-4e02cf83950d

Law firms struggling with partner pay segmentation as top rainmakers bring in more revenue – https://www.law.com/international-edition/2025/01/29/law-firms-struggling-with-partner-pay-segmentation-as-top-rainmakers-bring-in-more-revenue/

Post Office prosecutions set to begin this summer, says SRA – https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/post-office-prosecutions-set-to-begin-this-summer-says-sra/5122170.article

London lawyers for Wagner founder Prigozhin to face no action – https://www.ft.com/content/571b734e-c178-497e-8509-7674db04b59c

What do lawyers make of DeepSeek’s surge – https://www.thelawyer.com/we-can-do-more-with-less-what-do-lawyers-make-of-deepseeks-surge/

Thank you for Listening!