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Two companies have the same legal need. Both companies end up speaking to the same lawyer, although they came to that lawyer through two different paths. In the first situation, the company searches for the lawyer to solve its problem. It does an Internet search, finds the lawyer and retains her almost immediately to solve the problem.
