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> Finally, make sure you understand in advance what costs and expenses the firm will pass on to you (e.g. photocopying, postage, couriers, travel) (emphasis mi
by skrebbel 8y ago
> Finally, make sure you understand in advance what costs and expenses the firm will pass on to you (e.g. photocopying, postage, couriers, travel)
(emphasis mine)
Is there something particular about the US legal system that forces these people to live in the stone age? I mean, photocopies?
- rayiner 8y agoThis is funny. I’ve been putting off having my boss sign a contract because a vendor sent me a stupid e-signing link instead of a PDF I can print out, get his signature, and scan back. Paper is easy and everyone knows how to use it, which makes photocopying still a thing. Also, although most court stuff is electronic these days, courts still insist on papers courtesy copies (which have to be mailed or couriered over). Reading on screens sucks, and marking up documents on screens sucks double hard. When I first started practicing I was like “I’m a millenial, I’ll do everything in an iPad!” Now I print everything out, mark it up by hand, use colored tabs, etc. Even a big monitor is incredibly claustrophobic compared to piles of tabbed printed pages.
- noelwelsh 8y agoI had a client that gave explicit instructions to sign, scan, and return. So I signed digitally (MacOS Preview makes this really easy), rotated the pages a little, and added a bit of noise. They were happy and I was happy.
- noelwelsh 8y agoMy experience is that a lot of the US is like this. The banking system, for example, is terrible. Broadly speaking, it seems to me that in the US existing institutions don't really improve. Instead they are replaced by newcomers.