Tough No More: Ford Shrinks--Impact on Legal?
Ford yesterday announced that it would offer layoff packages to all 75,000 of its North American laborers, and that it expected to reduce white collar headcount by 6,000. It is hard to believe that the law department will be immune from this layoff pressure; certainly it will not be immune from the pressure to cut costs. If anyone has any great ideas on how Ford Legal can do more with less--or at least dramatically cut costs--now would be a good time to make your ideas known.