Making Life Simpler...
...and less expensive. You told us you loved our service but felt our fees were a bit high and sometimes confusing. We listened. We are delighted to announce that as of January 1, 2012, we have a new fee structure.
What improvements can you expect?
- Lower costs on regular document orders
- New priority options for urgent orders
- Simplified research assistance charges where you get the first 20 minutes free and pay just $15 for every 15 minutes after that
Learn more about how we arrived at our new fees.
New Fee Schedule
| Service | Old Fee | New Fee |
| Document Delivery |
| Document delivery fee | $0.65 per page plus $10 for delivery | $5 per order + $5 for each document |
| → Surcharge for print documents over 50 pages | not previously applicable | $20 per document over 50 pages |
→ NEW! Priority option
(turnaround time within 3 business hours; regular delivery is by 4:30pm on next business day) | not previously available | $20 per order |
| In-Person Copying, Printing or Faxing |
| Self-service copying or printing | $0.25 per page | $0.25 per page |
| Staff-assisted copying or printing | $0.65 per page, with $5 minimum | $0.50 per page, no minimum |
| Sending or receiving a client's documents by fax | $1.50 per page, with $10 minimum | $1.00 per page, no minimum |
| Research/Online Searching |
| Research assistance fee | $50 per hour for legislative history; $25 minimum for complex case law, statute, or literature research; $10 for a noteup | First 20 minutes free, thereafter $15 for every 15 minutes |
→ NEW! Priority option
(turnaround time within 3 business days; regular delivery is within 5 business days) | not previously available | $20 per request |
| Note: A cancellation fee of $10 will be charged on any request cancelled after we start work on filling the request. The cancellation fee recognizes the effort and expense involved in processing your request and starting to pull documents and materials to fill your request. |
Examples
To give you the flavour of how our fees have changed, here are three examples.
Example 1: Document delivery
You call in to request two cases. You prefer digital formats where available. The first case is available through Westlaw LawSource and turns out to be 16 pages. The second needs to be copied from a print law reporter and is 64 pages long.
| Old Fee System | | Delivery fee | $10.00 | | Case #1 (16 pages x $0.65 per page) | $10.40 | | Case #2 (64 pages x $0.65 per page) | $41.60 | | TOTAL | $62.00 | | | | | | | New Fee System | | Order fee | $5.00 | | Case #1 | $5.00 | | Case #2 | $5.00 | | → plus surcharge 50+ pages | $20.00 | | TOTAL | $35.00 | |
Example 2: Note-up
You would like to see how the three cases that you plan on relying on next week have been considered. You order note-ups for all three. It takes our staff 10 minutes to note-up the cases and email you the results.
| Old Fee System | | Research assistance fee | | | → Note-up charge of $10 x 3 | $30.00 | | Document delivery fee | | | → Delivery fee | $10.00 | | → 6 pages x $0.65 per page | $3.90 | | TOTAL | $43.90 | | | | New Fee System | | Research assistance fee | | | → Under 20 minutes is free | free | | Document delivery fee | | | → Order fee | $5.00 | | → 3 documents x $5 each | $15.00 | | TOTAL | $20.00 | |
Example 3: Research assistance
You are drafting estate planning documents for a client and would like to see an example clause for a will that can provide for a trust to be set up for a disabled adult child. You would also like to see a Standard Representation Agreement for Healthcare. We find you two sample clauses from two separate texts and locate a Standard Representation Agreement in Word format as well as, from a print source, an annotated agreement with certificates. This takes our staff one hour to complete.
| Old Fee System | | Research assistance fee | | | → First research task x $25 | $25.00 | | → Second research task x $25 | $25.00 | | Document delivery fee | | | → Delivery fee | $10.00 | | → 42 pages x $0.65 per page | $27.30 | | TOTAL | $87.30 | | | | New Fee System | | Research assistance fee | | | → First 20 minutes | free | | → 40 minutes @ $15/15 min | $45.00 | | Document delivery fee | | | → Order fee | $5.00 | | → 4 documents x $5 each | $20.00 | | TOTAL | $70.00 | |