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Billionaire Balks at $35M Legal Bill After Partner Claims 19-Hour Workday

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London High Court orders full assessment of WilmerHale invoices after judge flags “charges so high as to raise concern”

A Brazilian billionaire is pushing back on a jaw-dropping $35 million legal bill from BigLaw heavyweight WilmerHale and one eye-popping detail has caught the court’s attention: a partner who logged more than 19 hours in a single day.
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Time Lord of the Outback: Sydney Solicitor Bills Council for 36-Hour Days in $10m Fee Fiasco

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We all get the same 24 hours in a day. Well, most of us do. One creative Sydney solicitor apparently operated on a different calendar. Keith Redenbach, principal of Redenbach Legal (pictured) and a veteran who once graced the corridors of Norton Rose Fulbright and Maddox, has been found by the NSW Supreme Court to

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London Law Grad Runs the Magic Circle – Literally

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While most aspiring City solicitors are sweating over their trainee apps from a hot-desk in a co-working space, Benito Mottoh decided to do it the old-school (and slightly mad) way: lacing up and running between the five Magic Circle giants. Coffee first, then 8km of suited-and-booted pavement-pounding from Clifford Chance in Canary Wharf to A&O

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Man Sues Neighbour for Emotional Distress After Winning Every Game of Chess for Three Years

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A small claims court in Edinburgh has been asked to rule on what may be the world’s first chess-related emotional distress lawsuit, after a 67-year-old retired accountant filed a claim against his next-door neighbour of 22 years. The plaintiff argues that his neighbour’s unbroken winning streak — 94 consecutive games played over three years at

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