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Churn That Bill, Baby! Overbilling in Law Firms

June 19, 2013

Excerpt:  According to an article which appeared in the New York Times on March 25, 2013, DLA filed suit against Victor in February 2012 for $678,763 in past due legal bills. In hindsight, that was probably a really bad idea. Victor counter-sued, asking for $22.5 million in punitive damages, offering evidence of deliberate overbilling in the form of damning internal e-mails from DLA attorneys produced during discovery. Attorneys for Victor said in court papers that the e-mails “shock the conscience” and alleged a “sweeping practice of over-billing.”

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