Friday, Dec 12, 2008
As sending work to India becomes more commonplace, and lawyers face increasing pressure to reduce costs, some law firms are actually touting the benefits of outsourcing at conferences.
Just a few years ago, outsourcing legal work to India was a dirty little secret — law firms did it, but few admitted to it. Those days are long gone. As outsourcing becomes more commonplace and corporate counsel and law firms face increasing ... read entire article»
Julie Kay
Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008
The international fraud trial pitted Mexican investors against fruit giant Fresh Del Monte Produce over the 1996 sale of the Coral Gables-based company.
An international fraud trial pitting Mexican investors against fruit giant Fresh Del Monte Produce over the 1996 sale of the Coral Gables-based company never should have happened, the 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. Web Extra:Opinion... read entire article»
Billy Shields
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008
Law firms concentrate on collections year-round instead of old bad habit of waiting until year’s end.
Katzman Garfinkel has gotten serious about making sure the firm’s attorneys keep track of outstanding bills. The 37-lawyer firm adopted a new approach to collections this year in its computerized system that tracks billable hours, said Donna ... read entire article»
Alana Roberts
Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008
The move strengthens the company’s position as the world’s third-largest banana producer and the largest producer of gold pineapples
Dealmakers: In-house attorneys Bruce Jordan, Phillip Brazlavsky, Jeff Bailey and Hubert Steinvorth The Deal: Coral Gables-based fresh fruit producer and distributor Fresh Del Monte Produce acquired the privately held shares of Costa Rica-based ban... read entire article»
Review staff
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008
Fresh Del Monte Inc. fell the most in New York trading since selling shares to the public in October 1997 after profit at the fruit and vegetable supplier declined more than some analysts estimated.
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. fell to a 15-month low in New York trading after profit at the fruit and vegetable supplier declined more than some analysts estimated. Fresh Del Monte dropped $3.57, or 14 percent, to $21.31 at 1:53 p.m. in New York S... read entire article»
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, Jun 10, 2008
Plaintiffs allege that some pet food is full of ingredients unfit for human consumption.
In a commercial for a well-known canned cat food, the scene opens upon a gourmet kitchen making a “Tuscan” meal for kitty. In another advertisement for dog food, prime cuts of beef, pristine vegetables and fruits are shown as the ingredi... read entire article»
John Pacenti
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The chief operating officer and the former chief financial officer of Fresh Del Monte Produce cashed stock options worth $1.2 million as the international food producer and distributor encountered higher costs.
The chief operating officer and the former chief financial officer of Fresh Del Monte Produce cashed stock options worth $1.2 million as the international food producer and distributor encountered higher costs. “Costs are going up in our pine... read entire article»
Mike Seemuth
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008
Fort Lauderdale’s Conrad & Scherer launches Washington office for nonprofit’s international human rights cases.
The longtime executive director of the International Labor Rights Fund and its spinoff, International Rights Advocates, has had enough of nonprofit work and fundraising and is taking his 14 international human rights cases into private practice. B... read entire article»
Julie Kay
Friday, Feb 8, 2008
Hani El-Naffy, president and chief operating officer, paid $4 million for a condo on the exclusive enclave.
For an executive of fruit and vegetable distributor Fresh Del Monte Produce, a Fisher Island condo was ripe for the picking. Hani El-Naffy, company president and chief operating officer, paid $4 million for a condo on the exclusive enclave off the... read entire article»
Paola Iuspa-Abbott
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008
High rates and the increasing bulk of e-discovery have pushed the associate general counsel at San Francisco-based Del Monte Foods to seriously consider using sources beyond his outside law firm for the grunt work of litigation.
For Scott Rickman, the question is: Why pay big-firm associates $200 an hour to do document review when you can ship it out to India for $25 an hour? High rates and the increasing bulk of e-discovery have pushed the associate general counsel at Sa... read entire article»
Zusha Elinson
