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by modo_mario 10 days ago
>The class counsel's unreimbursed litigation expenses were $2.6m.

In what sane state does it even get that high?

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I've seen some YouTubes where lawyers were complaining about high bill rates and showing actual bills. One large firm billed the senior lawyers at $2500/hour and even the paralegals were billed at $600/hr.
That could pay for a lot of tokens.
Associates are billing over $1000/hr and can bill 12 hours a day easily enough. If you have 5 associates billing an average of 50 hours a week then in a month thats a million dollar bill just for the junior lawyers.