| Companies take bite out of billable hours Monsanto, RehabCare Group and MEMC Electronic Materials have launched a battle against the billable hour. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Plaintiff rethinks lawsuit over Fifth Third overdrafts A disgruntled bank customer has dropped a class-action lawsuit he filed against Fifth Third Bancorp alleging it reordered his checking account transactions to maximize the overdraft fees it collects. bizjournals.com |
Nike general counsel becomes port commissioner James C. Carter, general counsel at Nike Inc., on Tuesday began his term as a Port of Portland commissioner. bizjournals.com |
Brief for India’s outsourcing lawyers: keep it cheap Nestled amid the bustle of north Mumbai, the headquarters of Pangea3, one of India’s biggest legal outsourcing companies, is enough to give a British corporate lawyer used to the slick environs of the City or Canary Wharf the heebie-jeebies. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Judges need more discretion, not more laws What should be done when people take the law into their own hands in pursuit of what they regard as justice? feeds.timesonline.co.uk |