Everyone, let’s give a hand to this unknown lawyer, whose multitasking prowess apparently allowed him to rack up 64.56 hours of personal research on the company internet.
What’s the billing code for this? Do you just enter “Researching key Ninth Circuit precedent” on your timesheet? Maybe the attorney was providing expert legal commentary for the media?
I think we’re all a little curious about the window represented here. It’s inappropriate in any circumstance, but 64.56 hours over a year is a lot different than 64.56 hours over the course of a month. The latter raises some serious questions about bonus eligibility.
We do not know who the lawyer is or the employer or, indeed, if this is even real. It certainly looks like an HR department’s attempt at nonchalantly playing off office porn, but other than the assertion of the original poster we don’t have much connecting this to attorney work product.
But, to all employers out there: this is why lawyers did better with work from home.
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter or Bluesky if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.
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Everyone, let’s give a hand to this unknown lawyer, whose multitasking prowess apparently allowed him to rack up 64.56 hours of personal research on the company internet.
What’s the billing code for this? Do you just enter “Researching key Ninth Circuit precedent” on your timesheet? Maybe the attorney was providing expert legal commentary for the media?
I think we’re all a little curious about the window represented here. It’s inappropriate in any circumstance, but 64.56 hours over a year is a lot different than 64.56 hours over the course of a month. The latter raises some serious questions about bonus eligibility.
We do not know who the lawyer is or the employer or, indeed, if this is even real. It certainly looks like an HR department’s attempt at nonchalantly playing off office porn, but other than the assertion of the original poster we don’t have much connecting this to attorney work product.
But, to all employers out there: this is why lawyers did better with work from home.
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter or Bluesky if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.
