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by inetsee
2137 days ago
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The billable hour is not actually an hour; it's more fine-grained than that [1]. It may vary from one jurisdiction to another, but the example I found uses 0.1 hour as the increment. The result is that it's possible for a lawyer to spend 8 hours working, and bill more than 8 hours. E.g. assume a lawyer calls a client and gets an answering machine. Three minutes on the phone can be billed at 0.1 hour. Of course, slack time can't be billed, so it probably evens out. [1] https://cand.uscourts.gov/about/court-programs/criminal-just... |
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