No, that couldn’t possibly be true. There must be some error in the report. (WSJ law blog, Aug. 30; Nathan Koppel, “Lawyer’s Charge Opens Window On Bill Padding”, Wall Street Journal, Aug. 30 ($); Stephen Bainbridge, Aug. 30; Carolyn Elefant, Aug. 31; Matthew Farmer (ex-Holland & Knight) letter to judge in PDF format).
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Years ago, I complained to my company machine shop about the hours charged to a machining job of mine, especially since I had stated there was no rush.
The response? Since there was no hurry, they would set up for my job, then put it away whenever a priority job came in, without having done any work on it.