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Invoice vs Engagement Mismatch

An external counsel invoice shows time entries that don't line up with the redlined engagement letter we negotiated. I…

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An external counsel invoice shows time entries that don't line up with the redlined engagement letter we negotiated. I need to approve or dispute within ten days. Diagnose whether this looks like overbilling, a coding mismatch, or an innocuous description issue. Tell me the exact comparisons to run between invoice and engagement letter, what to ask the firm in one email, and the threshold that should trigger a formal hold.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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Counsel invoices don't match engagement letters and I must approve payment or hold it

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Corporate Counsel

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