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Poll: Draft by "End of Day" Means 5 pm, 8 pm, midnight, 9 am next day?
| lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party | 01/05/26 |
| vigorous bawdyhouse | 01/05/26 |
| Idiotic Casino | 01/05/26 |
| lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party | 01/05/26 |
| appetizing geriatric ticket booth mad-dog skullcap | 01/05/26 |
| swollen incel senate | 01/05/26 |
| Sticky church | 01/05/26 |
| smoky death wish | 01/05/26 |
| flushed volcanic crater | 01/05/26 |
| abnormal provocative spot internal respiration | 01/05/26 |
| lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party | 01/05/26 |
| abnormal provocative spot internal respiration | 01/05/26 |
| Diverse Business Firm Regret | 01/05/26 |
| yellow piazza boltzmann | 01/05/26 |
| lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party | 01/05/26 |
| yellow piazza boltzmann | 01/05/26 |
| Know-it-all antidepressant drug | 01/05/26 |
| lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party | 01/05/26 |
| Lavender Hairraiser Plaza Digit Ratio | 01/05/26 |
| Know-it-all antidepressant drug | 01/05/26 |
| razzle-dazzle elite skinny woman | 01/05/26 |
| Sticky church | 01/05/26 |
| cheese-eating therapy sweet tailpipe | 01/05/26 |
| opaque awkward half-breed parlor | 01/05/26 |
| Crimson Chapel | 01/05/26 |
| frozen garrison keepsake machete | 01/05/26 |
| lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party | 01/05/26 |
| White slimy dragon coffee pot | 01/05/26 |
| lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party | 01/05/26 |
| Emerald Trust Fund Patrolman | 01/05/26 |
| Impressive stead feces | 01/05/26 |
| Odious principal's office | 01/05/26 |
| opaque awkward half-breed parlor | 01/05/26 |
| White slimy dragon coffee pot | 01/06/26 |
| ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;; | 01/07/26 |
| Motley twisted toilet seat | 01/05/26 |
| Lime crusty doctorate | 01/06/26 |
| ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;; | 01/07/26 |
| ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;; | 01/13/26 |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:13 PM Author: lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party Also--your time or their time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564535) |
Date: January 5th, 2026 3:15 PM Author: vigorous bawdyhouse your time eod 12am (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564546) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM Author: Idiotic Casino (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564549) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM Author: lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party Why midnight? Assume you don't have a reason to think the people waiting on the draft are going to do another turn in the wee hours of the morning. So, at that point, what's the differences with doing (and billing for) a few more hours and sending it at 3 am?
And at that point, what's the difference with waiting to send it at 7 or 8 am, before the next workday starts? |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:50 PM Author: appetizing geriatric ticket booth mad-dog skullcap “Assume you don't have a reason to think the people waiting on the draft are going to do another turn in the wee hours of the morning.” what kind of penny-ante hobbyists are you working across from? |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:18 PM Author: swollen incel senate eod = midnight cob = 1700 |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM Author: Sticky church (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564562) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:51 PM Author: smoky death wish Cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564673) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:53 PM Author: flushed volcanic crater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564678) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:19 PM Author: abnormal provocative spot internal respiration "When it's done"
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:21 PM Author: lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party What if it's not done until after EOD? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564564) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:26 PM Author: abnormal provocative spot internal respiration Will flip this to you ASAP, thanks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564579) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM Author: Diverse Business Firm Regret (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49565826) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:20 PM Author: yellow piazza boltzmann depends on the context. court filing? midnight. in-house? like 2pm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564560) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:23 PM Author: lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party Court filing is easy insofar as there will be a Local Rule.
For other work, I don't want to scramble to get things done by 2 pm--especially because it means I might get the next round of comments back the same day. I want to chill while things build up throughout the day, then scramble through several things between about 4:30 and 5:20. |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:38 PM Author: yellow piazza boltzmann it depends on your office culture and who else is involved (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564624) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM Author: Know-it-all antidepressant drug Biglaw trannies are also midnight, but 10 pm is far more appreciated because it lets others bill easy hours before bed. Inhouse 2 pm is only west coast with east coast audience but most people specify “COB” and that means get it out by 4 your time so others have the option of reviewing before they leave to pick up their kids or after they put their kids to bed (they won’t actually review or respond for at least a week). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564576) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:31 PM Author: lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party Setting an artificial 4 pm deadline is wild. If someone wants to review it that day, they should say so and specify a time. People get jammed up with meetings, multiple agreements to review, poasts to make, etc.
Absolutely CR re "they won’t actually review or respond for at least a week," btw. There are two times for responses--5 minutes after you send and late next week. |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM Author: Lavender Hairraiser Plaza Digit Ratio I’m absolutely swamped with poasts to make (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564630) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:42 PM Author: Know-it-all antidepressant drug Yes. The point of the 4 pm deadline is for them to pretend that they are hardworking and for you to pass your own self-imposed shit test. But the logic of this makes sense the more exposure you have to senior execs/SVPs and other managers of managers who are running large organizations. Most of what they do is at least partially performative. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564645) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:25 PM Author: razzle-dazzle elite skinny woman 2pm if a scientist needs to review it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564577) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:39 PM Author: Sticky church (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564629) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 5:06 PM Author: cheese-eating therapy sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564881) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:45 PM Author: opaque awkward half-breed parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49565722) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:35 PM Author: Crimson Chapel usually means "within the hour" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564613) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:44 PM Author: frozen garrison keepsake machete 9 or 10pm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564647) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 3:54 PM Author: lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party Why those times? At 9, I might just be logging back on after the kids go to bed. So, getting the draft out before I go to bed matches the EOD and my schedule better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49564680) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 4:47 PM Author: White slimy dragon coffee pot It generally means 5 or 6pm in the requestor’s time zone if the person is either important or a client. In other cases it means before they log on the next morning.
Worst thing you can do is send it early enough to get comments back that night, after you’ve rushed to get it out, screwed off online for 90 mins to recuperate, and finally turned to the other work you were supposed to get done yesterday/today/last week. |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 6:09 PM Author: lilac beady-eyed public bath reading party What is requestor is in Europe? Or you're on west coast, requestor is on east coast?
In either of those cases, it should mean before they log on the next morning. |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 8:29 PM Author: Emerald Trust Fund Patrolman in house it means 5 to 6pm. biglaw it means midnight. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49565377) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:26 PM Author: Impressive stead feces Cr. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49565691) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:44 PM Author: Odious principal's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49565821) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 10:18 PM Author: opaque awkward half-breed parlor More precisely in biglaw, end of day means “before you go to bed and before I wake up.” But you better gird your ass if you misjudge that and get a “Where is the draft?” at 4 am. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49565681) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:13 PM Author: White slimy dragon coffee pot There’s going to be more punctuation at the end of that 4am email (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49567806) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:05 PM Author: ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;; lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49569664) |
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Date: January 5th, 2026 11:45 PM Author: Motley twisted toilet seat At the end of the day, what does it matter? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49565824) |
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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM Author: Lime crusty doctorate close of business means by 5pm, but end of day is anytime by midnight for biglaw and by tomorrow dawn for mid-tier firms. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49567815) |
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Date: January 7th, 2026 3:06 PM Author: ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;; You got it reversed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49569669) |
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Date: January 13th, 2026 10:42 PM Author: ;..;.;..;...;..;.;.;.;;;; (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817621&forum_id=2,#49587793) |