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Originally Posted by notorious
I think that HHM see's that Chuck is working on the case by using his code.
Therefore, they can bill for it, screwing over McGill.
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It wouldn't screw over McGill.
Yes, they could bill on it, but only for the time that Chuck actually spends. Moreover, that wouldn't come at the
expense of Jimmy, provided that Jimmy is also working on it. Hell, who knows what his arrangement is with his clients but in the case of atty fee liens, they're distributed pro-rata. Well why wouldn't Chuck just fudge his numbers? Say he did 1/3 of the work. Even if he's billing at 3 times the rate, the split would be 50/50 of the fees earned and Jimmy'd still get a nice piece.
Co-Counsel arrangements exist all the time. That scenario shouldn't have any impact on Jimmy - who it would screw over is Chuck.
There has to be something more exotic than that to really blow Jimmy out of the water, unless the writers just play fast and loose with how those fee arrangements/buyouts are structured.