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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I post this every Thanksgiving.
One of my biggest clients used a firm with no IP dept. for it's transactions. I got roped into looking at assignment documents and lists.
This one was supposed to close the week after Thanksgiving. The purchaser firm was doing the documents first cut. It was a big Chicago firm whose name escapes me right now.
Anyway, I get a phone call from the "Senior paralegal" on the file- let's call him Jim. I eventually get calls from the junior paralegal and both varieties of associates, but Jim is the protagonist here.
The day before Thanksgiving we talk about the first cut at the documents and Jim agrees to revise. there really isn't much to argue about, it's all form work, and we are certainly close. When I come in Saturday I have a revised set of documents sent out Wednesday at 10PM Chicago time.
When I spoke to Jim I asked what the fuck he was doing working until 10 the night before Thanksgiving- (Jim had kids). I asked Jim if he expected anyone to look at the documents on Thursday? Why not send them out early on Friday?
Jim told me in his world he either had to stay and finish these things Wednesday night or look for work elsewhere. He seemed resigned to the sheer stupidity.
But here's the thing- this deal eventually closed in January. I would really hate working in M&As. Fake deadlines ruining my Holidays? No thank you.
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Wahhh. Litigation's no fun either. I had to work all weekend memorial day weekend one year. My first part was fedexing an original document on the Friday before for Saturday delivery. Then I was to work on briefwriting, etc. on Saturday and Sunday, with Monday off. I had the fedex doc sitting, waiting for fedex by 5:30 Friday for the normal 6:00 PM pick up.
I walked in at 8:00 AM on Saturday and a what did I see? My fedex package sitting by the door step. Apparently, no one told me that they occasionally like to let the drivers go home early on Friday. After a billion phone calls I got some Fedex manager who lived in the city agree to meet me at the fedex garage on Saturday after he dug out the document and I had to walk over to the NYC 24-7 post office near the garden to send it Saturday for Sunday delivery. And of course, I then had to work Monday.
