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ekianjo on Nov 11, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Help the Gnome Foundation Defend the Gnome Tradema...

Seriously have you ever worked with lawyers? If not, you should probably think twice before commenting :)

lucb1e on Nov 11, 2014 [–]

No I haven't which is why don't understand why they need the money. If someone could explain, that'd be nice...

zimpenfish on Nov 12, 2014 | [–]

I think it's basically "because doing the lawing is a lot more complicated than most people think"

e.g. http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2013/03/why-do-lawyers...

And another view: http://abovethelaw.com/2011/10/why-are-lawyers-so-expensive-...

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