Judge grants Happy Birthday lawyers $4.6M, citing “unusually positive results”
> Five lawyers billed the "vast majority" of the hours, charging rates that varied between $395 per hour and $820 per hour. The most work was done by Randall Newman, who billed 2,193 hours at $640 per hour. King found the rates were all reasonable given "the cases cited, the National Law Journal survey, and our own experience."<p>Surely the contribution of these people to civilization is well correlated with the economic benefits reaped. Which is encouraging because we want to inspire future generations to such awesome achievements!