http://legalresearchandwritingpro.com/blog/2009/05/10/the-cost-of-your-online-legal-research-subscription-is-your-overhead%e2%80%94dont-pass-it-through-to-your-clients/ All about the practice of legal research and writing, and how to start and run a successful legal research and writing practice Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:50:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://legalresearchandwritingpro.com/blog/2009/05/10/the-cost-of-your-online-legal-research-subscription-is-your-overhead%e2%80%94dont-pass-it-through-to-your-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-101076 Lisa Solomon Fri, 22 May 2009 02:38:31 +0000 http://legalresearchandwritingpro.com/?p=445#comment-101076 While I'm not a legal historian, I believe that billing for what most people would consider routine disbursements (and, what's worse, marking up the cost of the disbursement so that you are making a profit on every photocopy you make) is a relatively new development. While I’m not a legal historian, I believe that billing for what most people would consider routine disbursements (and, what’s worse, marking up the cost of the disbursement so that you are making a profit on every photocopy you make) is a relatively new development.

]]> http://legalresearchandwritingpro.com/blog/2009/05/10/the-cost-of-your-online-legal-research-subscription-is-your-overhead%e2%80%94dont-pass-it-through-to-your-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-101075 Margaret Mon, 11 May 2009 16:04:40 +0000 http://legalresearchandwritingpro.com/?p=445#comment-101075 I have worked for firms and (as in house) been billed by firms that DO bill clients for copying, faxing, and phone calls. I do not remember a time that any of that was contained in overhead. Are you saying this is a relatively new development? I have worked for firms and (as in house) been billed by firms that DO bill clients for copying, faxing, and phone calls. I do not remember a time that any of that was contained in overhead. Are you saying this is a relatively new development?

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