Harnessing big data could reveal the best case strategy or even predict the outcome. While that may be rare now, some firms are using big data for a less esoteric purpose: setting accurate fee estimates for their clients.

UT law professor Jennifer Laurin, who is helping plan the strategy for the audit of cases handled by former judge Ken Anderson when he was Williamson County district attorney, said some prosecutors have conducted focused audits after finding prosecutor error, but this one is broader than anything she knows.

Every lawyer should know the law of limitations applicable to legal malpractice claims?not because every lawyer is likely to commit malpractice, but because each of us someday may be the second lawyer on a file and see something that we suspect violates the standard of care.

A Houston-area company filed a lawsuit on Nov. 15 against Houston’s Steele Sturm, alleging it breached a fiduciary duty by keeping $39,447.53 in settlement money from a lawsuit and using it to pay fees and expenses in a separate lawsuit.

In a concrete example of how Texas firms are heeding the concept of “customer is king,” some lawyers are offering limited-scope representation–also known as unbundled legal services–to give clients pricing choices.