FEATURES
80 Y HALF WA Y MEASURE
Dynegy execs shrunk the
company—and slashed
the number of firms it
uses for litigation.
By Susan Hansen
72 Y THIS YEAR’S MODEL
Ford’s legal department
has learned how to do
more with less—and has
come out ahead.
By David Hechler
47 Y IP INSIDER
An online video start-up tips the scales in the
copyright wars. Plus: lessons of the Patent Troll
Tracker. By Joe Mullin
INBOX
CONTENTS
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15 Y LEVI’S FAVORITE
PAIR
The jeans king is using
only two law firms
for all of its global
legal work.
By Sherry Karabin
18 Y FIXED FEES?
NO, THANKS.
Qwest’s GC talks about
his bad experiences
with fixed fees, and why
hourly billing works.
By Amy Miller
16 Y AIG, REVISITED
Congress grilled New
York Fed officials,
including its GC, about
the secret deal it reached
with AIG. By Sue Reisinger
22 Y WORLD BEAT
Security, quality,
location: Let us count
the concerns over
outsourcing.
By Alex Aldridge
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“All information was in fact disclosed that
was required to be disclosed by the company,”
New York Federal Reserve general counsel
Thomas Baxter told a House committee.
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