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Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6B fee

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Re: Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6B fee

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Post by rhelz »

Ekaros wrote: post #7
mschuster91 wrote: post #4

IMHO, it's high time to stop paying lawyers, accountants, notary publics (in Germany) and similar professions in percentages. There is no way a bunch of lawyers deserves that kind of payout.

Set maximum billable rate at minimum wage. That seems only fair solution. It is enough for many workers, should be enough for anyone.

chuckle why stop there? motherhood seems to be a quite important job. I don't know about you, but my mother didn't even get minimum wage for all her mothering.

How much she got is the same number, whether you measure it in dollars, euros, or pounds: 0.00

Re: Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6B fee

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Post by rhelz »

pylua wrote: post #10
rhelz wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who gets to decide how much everybody "deserves" for their work? Answer, the payer and the payee. You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Or, in this case, what you potentially can sue for? Nothing here was negiotated as far as I can tell.

Lawsuits and war are just negotiation by other means.

Re: Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6B fee

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Post by jjtheblunt »

Ekaros wrote: post #7
mschuster91 wrote: post #4

IMHO, it's high time to stop paying lawyers, accountants, notary publics (in Germany) and similar professions in percentages. There is no way a bunch of lawyers deserves that kind of payout.

Set maximum billable rate at minimum wage. That seems only fair solution. It is enough for many workers, should be enough for anyone.

That makes no sense, as it equally rewards lazy people with abilities too lazy to be applied, and people who took years out of earnings to learn new skills.

Of course, the comment might have been obvious trolling.

Re: Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6B fee

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Post by seydor »

rhelz wrote: post #9
mschuster91 wrote: post #4

IMHO, it's high time to stop paying lawyers, accountants, notary publics (in Germany) and similar professions in percentages. There is no way a bunch of lawyers deserves that kind of payout.

Who gets to decide how much everybody "deserves" for their work? Answer, the payer and the payee. You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

The law decides that. These compensations are not determined by some open "market" , but by what is basically protectionism for the legal professions in most countries. And guess who writes the laws.

Re: Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6B fee

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Post by kylecazar »

bigmattystyles wrote: post #3
sudden_dystopia wrote: post #2

I despise lawyers.

Until you need one

I think there are many people who held no opinions about lawyers UNTIL they needed one :)

I personally have had only positive experiences, but I've heard the horror stories. Beyond just the expected divorce stuff. Of course what matters are the circumstances.

Re: Lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay as excessive want $6B fee

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Post by westhanover »

rhelz wrote: post #13
pylua wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or, in this case, what you potentially can sue for? Nothing here was negiotated as far as I can tell.

Lawsuits and war are just negotiation by other means.

So surely you wouldn’t object if these attorneys just started turning up dead.
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