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From today's WinInfo:

The California lawyers who settled the state's antitrust case against Microsoft for $1.1 billion are asking Microsoft to pay as much as $3000 an hour for their services, an amount the company correctly describes as ridiculous. One lawyer who charges $3000 an hour is billing Microsoft for almost 6200 hours of work, and another 34 lawyers assigned to the case are charging the rate of $2000 an hour.

The lawyers are also asking Microsoft to pay $1000 an hour for administrative work. "Extraordinary deeds warrant appropriate recompense," Lead Attorney Eugene Crew said in his request for the fees. You know what I think? People hate lawyers for a reason, and sometimes stereotypes are true.

These particular lawyers are jerks.

Indeed.