“Churn that bill, baby!” … a phrase that you do not want to hear being exchanged in internal emails of your outside counsel:
It all began with a corporate bankruptcy case. Retained by energy entrepreneur Adam H. Victor in April 2010 to prepare the Chapter 11 filing for one of his companies, DLA Piper ran up a hefty bill. And when Victor refused to pay it, the law firm sued him for $675,000.…
[Read: ‘Churn that bill, baby!’ email surfaces in fee dispute with DLA Piper at the ABA Journal]