Ford is asking its corporate attorneys in the UK to slash their bills! The auto giant has "requested" its legal advisers to come up with alternative ways of billing them, like success-based billing. I don't know if this entirely makes sense --in the English legal system, the loser pays the fees of the prevailing party. Of course there are incidental costs that are larger than the actual award, but the proposal seems a bit off. Start at home, boys! There's no better time like the present to reform American legal billing practices. No firm could afford to lose an auto manufacturer as a client.

Link provided via Ernie!