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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Point is, it's going to show up on the Westlaw monthly invoice.
I'm trying to remember back to how the software worked back then, but I believe each search prompted you for a 'client/matter' number and a password unique to the attorney doing the search.
There might have even been a field where you could note the nature of the research being done
There were also 'client/matter' codes for general research or continuing education, but you definitely had to specify why you were using those, because it was both an expense the firm ate and evidence of non-billable time spent at work.
So a line on the Westlaw invoice at the end of the month might look like
100.151 - In re Whatever Case it is This Week
Charles McGill
100 pages - Federal Register, vol. xx , pp yy-zz
$276.86
And that would go directly to the office manager for the firm paying the bills for Charles McGill's password.
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are/were you a lawyer baby lee?