October 2005 - Classic TyposLias J. “Jeff” Steen of Houston (who is the “vice president, administration/ legal” of ReedHycalog) has clients who were engaged in a declaratory judgment action filed in another state.
He asked outside counsel to conduct “an
expansive review of possible jurisdictional issues related to this particular battle which included a number of non- U.S. business entities.” However, when he received the billing statement, he noticed the following provision:
Per instructions from Mr. Steen, conduct an
expensive search into any and all possible jurisdictional issues.