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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In the wake of the latest associate salary wars (not to mention the ongoing bonus battles), some in-house counsel have voiced understandable concern [free reg required] about the impact these payouts to junior associates will have on spiraling law firm billing rates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In this context, note one corporate giant&amp;#8217;s flawed fee-slashing strategy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Judge] Bernstein devoted 10 pages of his 22-page decision, including excerpts of testimony, to dismissing the Wal-Mart witness testimony of John J. Marquess, president of Legal Cost Control Inc., a company that says it helps manage and reduce legal fees, who argued the plaintiffs&#39; attorneys fees in the present case were unreasonable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;Mr. Marquess&#39; opinion is totally and entirely rejected on the basis that he had no pretense to knowledge of what a plaintiff&#39;s firm needs to do to prepare and try a class action jury trial to verdict and has no factual basis to evaluate the work performed in this case,&quot; Bernstein said. &quot;His testimony is rejected as grossly lacking in necessary and readily obtainable facts. His testimony lacks all credibility, repeatedly demonstrating an unwillingness to have his statements cross-examined, by providing misleading and transparently disingenuous answers in a conscious effort to obfuscate.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ouch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;- posted by vera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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