News and Notes for September 15th, 2009

Some tidbits for a Tuesday afternoon:

• Two start-up firms, Atman Law Partners and Salvus Partners, out of Chennai and Delhi respectively, have created a partnership and plan to merge within the next six months.
• Over at Adam Smith, Esq. is a great article concerning the billable hour.  A great read.
• Julius Melnitzer from the Financial Post speaks out about the future of the LPO industry and how big it could get.  This coming after the recent decision by Rio Tinto Group to outsource its basic corporate-commercial legal work.