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A recent lawsuit between a law firm and its client has revealed an insight into alleged over-billing by the firm.\u00a0 The firm, DLA Piper, sued energy industry executive Adam Victor for $675,000 in unpaid legal fees.\u00a0 Mr. Victor counter-claimed, accusing the firm of fraudulent over-billing.<\/p>\n

During the course of discovery, the firm was required to produce a number of emails between its lawyers.\u00a0 When discussing some of the emails, a story on the suit<\/a> noted:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI hear we are already 200k over our estimate \u2014 that\u2019s Team DLA Piper!\u201d wrote Erich P. Eisenegger, a lawyer at the firm.<\/p>\n
Another DLA Piper lawyer, Christopher Thomson, replied, noting that a third colleague, Vincent J. Roldan, had been enlisted to work on the matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow Vince has random people working full time on random research projects in standard \u2018churn that bill, baby!\u2019 mode,\u201d Mr. Thomson wrote. \u201cThat bill shall know no limits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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A recent lawsuit between a law firm and its client has revealed an insight into alleged over-billing by the firm.\u00a0 The firm, DLA Piper, sued energy industry executive Adam Victor for $675,000 in unpaid legal fees.\u00a0 Mr. Victor counter-claimed, accusing…<\/span><\/p>\n
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