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You're not paying a lawyer $X00/hour to do word processing; you're paying them to figure out what laws apply to your situation, how those laws apply, and the best course of action given the legal consequences.

If they're doing word processing, it is because the language matters. Consider that the City of Cleveland lost the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore over a comma which completely changed the meaning of the exit provisions in the contract. The owner of the Dodgers likewise lost a $500 million stake to his ex-wife based on the language in his prenuptial.

Finally: if you want easy access to documents in the court docket: go to the courthouse where they are kept. It costs a lot of money to implement and maintain a digitizing system, and most courts simply do not have the resources to maintain such systems.



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