Legal Outsourcing Article on LLRX and at Above the Law
For those interested in legal outsourcing, you may find helpful my outsourcing article on LLRX.com from earlier this week. Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing (LLRX.com, 1 Sep 2008) is an overview of legal process outsourcing. I was flattered to receive the “Above the...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Allen & Overy Launches docGenix
Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy has launched a separate entity to apply technology to solve a commercial contracting challenge. A&O launches document management company reports on A&O’s launch of docGenix, whose “mission is to develop innovative legal documentation risk management solutions for the international...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Does Your Managing Partner or GC Blog (internally)?
Good leaders communicate effectively and frequently. How many large law firm managing partners or general counsels use blogs to communicate internally? I’ve frequently written about the marketing benefits of large law firms blogging. The Wall Street Journal reports today, in Design for Learning: RISD Gets...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Experience Location on Steroids (More from IBM)
Anyone interested in experience location should read the cover story of the current issue of Business Week (8 Sep 2008) about research underway at IBM. Management by the Numbers (subscription required) is an excerpt of a book by Stephen Baker. The article sub-title says it...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
Access Litigation (DC) Acquired by Edmond Scientific Company
Another e-discovery acquisition. Access Litigation, a DC-based litigation support and e-discovery provider plus developer of NatiView Analytics, has been acquired by Edmond Scientific Company. I could not find press releases on either company’s web sites but the Washington Business Journal reports this in Edmond Scientific...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
1 min read
Roundup: Legal IT Underwhelms GCs; Legal Tech Reviews; KM; British Legal Blogging; Pfizer Legal Fee Capss
In this Roundup: GCs not impressed with law firm IT; web site that aggregates legal technology software reviews; the demise of “command and control” in KM; legal blogging weak in the UK; Pfizer capped legal fees get it only partly right. Inhouse Law Department Views...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
ABA Ethics Opinion on Outsourcing
The ABA yesterday released Ethics Opinion 08-451 on legal outsourcing. It’s substantively important. And separately, it illustrates, in my opinion, systemic issues with how the ABA conducts important business. The ABA Ethics Committee Issues Opinion Detailing Lawyer Responsibilities When Outsourcing Legal Work Domestically or Internationally...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
3 min read
Lawyers Letting the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good
Jordan Furlong, editor of the CBA The National and blogger, in his excellent blog post, The rise of good enough, points out that too many lawyers “value the exhaustive pursuit of perfection over the simple expedient of just getting it done” and examines the “perfection”...
Ron Friedmann,
18 years ago
2 min read
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