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am 24.04.2008 von http://www.jurabilis.de
A High Court judge has blasted a top City of London law firm for charging nine years worth of man hours on a five-day trial over BlackBerry patents, in a judgment that will fuel the growing controversy over lawyers billing practices.
Lawyers from Allen & Overy racked up nearly £5.2m [$10.32 million] in costs representing Research in Motion, the maker of the popular BlackBerry device, in a dispute with Visto, a US-based wireless technology company.
In a scathing judgment, Mr Justice Floyd said he would expect the firms associates to be able to recite all the documents in the case by heart given the amount of time they claimed to have spent on the dispute.[Bericht in der Financial Times, hier gefunden]
Es geht um zwei Allen & Overy-Associates, die in 15 Monaten satte 4.540 Stunden auf die Uhr gebracht hatten. Zum Vergleich:Allen & Overy outspent Vistos lawyers at Taylor Wessing by a margin of five-to-one on an …
Counsel / Berufsbezeichnung
Transblawg / The various uses of the word counsel are confusing enough to those new to common-law countries without Allen & Overy creating a new definition. In England and Wales, counsel means a barrister (two counsel - no s on the plural - means two barrist…
Legal IT on blawgs/Artikel über WebLAWgs
Transblawg / The current issue of Legal IT has an article on weblogs, especially weblogs for lawyers, by Joy London, of the always interesting blawg excited utterances. Joy works for Allen & Overy in knowledge and training management, so she calls herself...…
Salary Boost in London
Jurabilis / New York scheint nicht nur dem Deutschen Markt einen satten Impuls gegeben zu haben: Newly qualified and trainee solicitors across the City have been celebrating after receiving their biggest pay rises for several years. Herbert Smith, Norton Rose…
Weihnachtszeit, Bonus-Zeit
Jurabilis / For big-firm associates in New York it may be time to uncork the champagne. This just in: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has announced it is paying year-end associate bonuses ranging from $30,000 for the most junior attorneys up to $65,000. Tha…
Statutory Legal Fees
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / J.G - Washington. In Germany, legal fees consist of attorney fees for out of court actions and litigation and of court costs. A lawsuit may extend to three instances--trial court, court of appeals and supreme court. At each lev…
Loser Pays Costs
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / J.G - Washington. In Germany, legal fees consist of attorney fees for out of court actions and litigation and of court costs. A lawsuit may extend to three instances--trial court, court of appeals and supreme court. At each lev…
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