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Groklaw: SCO-Boies Fee Agreement and SCO Corrects Some SEC Filings

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 5, 2004

“SCO and Boies Schiller & Flexner have finally finalized, as
of October 31, their agreement to cap the legal expenses. Sort of
cap them. In the vicinity of the moon, more or less. Here is the
filing. The new Engagement Letter is here. There is still a
contingency arrangement. In short, Boies’ firm intends to be paid.
Lawyers like to be paid. They prefer stone cold cash. Up front.
Boies Schiller and the other subsidiary firms will take the current
litigation through appeals. That means to me they won’t take on
anything new, not under this agreement anyway.

“And SCO also makes some corrections in earlier filings…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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