There is an opposite though. Legal projects don't really seem to have budgets like software projects do. I know at my rates, if I work 14 hour days, my product

There is an opposite though. Legal projects don't really seem to have budgets like software projects do. I know at my rates, if I work 14 hour days, my productivity shoots down, and I blow the face and upper body off the budget in no time. I tell people this, but they still want it sometimes. But really, it's usually better to cut expectations and go at a measured pace all the time.