Seven Secrets of Managing Legal Technology in Large Law Firms
Successful large law firm CIOs have learned many secrets to managing legal technology. Over the last year, I wrote in this blog about maxims for managing legal technology. I collected and refined these blog posts, which have now been published as Maxims for Managing Legal...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Mining Law Firm Documents – A Free Ride on BigLaw?
I always get excited when I see a system that brings together some of my favorite themes: knowledge management, open source law, and best practices. My former client Practice Technologies, Inc. provides a web-based service called RealDealDocs. It allows you easily to search for a...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
FTI Consulting (FCN) Acquires Attenex
FTI Consulting announced on Tuesday that it is acquiring Attenex. FTI is already a major player in e-discovery; it also owns popular litigation support software Ringtail. The press release, FTI Consulting, Inc. to Acquire Attenex Corporation, dated 10 June 2008, enumerates several expected strategic advantages,...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
A Modest Proposal to Regulate Large Law Firms
General counsels complain about large law firms: too costly, bad service, and clueless about the clients’ businesses. After the failure of GC’s many attempts to fix the problem, regulation is surely the solution. This simple and easy idea struck me last week when I heard...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
Investing in Law Firms – Right Now [Interview of Lyceum Capital]
I have previously written that Australian and UK legal reforms allowing public ownership of law firms could mean big changes in law firms and legal technology. Lyceum Capital in the UK announced in March that it seeks investments in UK law firms. Today, I heard...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
7 min read
2008 AmLaw 200 List Published (for 2007)
When the AmLaw 100 list came out last month, I wrote that CIOs who want a strategic role must understand law firm economics and where their firms sit in the pecking order. On Friday, the American Lawyer, in the June 2008 issue, published its Am...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Baker & McKenzie Launches New Online Legal Service
Baker McKenzie has recently launched an online legal service, this one with a bit of a twist. Lawyers Weekly reports (4 April 2008) that “BAKER & MCKENZIE’S global climate change practice last week launched the CDM Rulebook website – a freely available, comprehensive online database...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Measuring Lawyer Quality
I recently suggested lawyers call “timeout” when they see a problem in how law is practiced. Doctors and pilots use checklists and have the ability to call timeout. I think a big difference between lawyers and other professionals is that lawyer errors may never become...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
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