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justin
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The hours for this task weren't billed.
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janus
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He means that the law firm makes money by billing hours; hence if you take less time to do a task, the firm earns less money.
eru
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Although in theory they could just up their hourly rate, if their hours are more productive, now.
justin
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Yeah, I'm the author and I know what billable hours are. My hours here weren't being billed out to the client.
jiggy2011
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Surely people aren't paying a lawyers hourly rate for them to cut and paste around spreadsheets?
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