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."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!