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14 minutes and 28 seconds
It depends on the type and length of document / similarity among documents in the batch.
But generally, less time than this guy: https://abovethelaw.com/2022/09/biglaw-associate-bills-277-hours-to-review-20-documents-and-im-fascinated-to-know-how-this-happened/?amp=1
I wonder if it's some glitch that the system recorded it as unopened? Obv the basic explanation is that he was lying and never did 95% of the work he claimed.
Subject Expert
Depends how many hours I need
Mentor
100 minutes
Shouldn't that be 100 x 0.1s
Coach
The beauty of block billing
Coach
For what
To be fair it completely depends on the type of docs. Usually though, maybe an hour-ish.
Mentor
For doc review or for m&a due diligence?
About an hour
Enthusiast
When budgeting for the client, I say 1 minute per document. Obviously some are more, and most are way less.