KM Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?
The 2005 ILTA staffing survey says the KM cup is half-full only. In 49% of 500+ lawyer firms, no one manages KM. Will the cup fill over time? We’ll know…
Do Blawgs Burn as Brightly as Surveys Suggest?
Just how important are law blogs (blawgs)? Hard to say for sure, but just remember 10 years back when many lawyers questioned the need for e-mail or websites. Earlier this…
Booming Markets Don’t Preclude Bankruptcy
The e-discovery market is booming. A boom does not, however, guarantee success. According to a press release, big player Daticon has declared bankruptcy and been acquired. In the release dated…
Outsourcing Legal Research: Did the New York Times Get it Right?
A recent New York Times article suggests that law firms should worry about corporations outsourcing legal research. Is this right? Even Law Firms Join the Trend to Outsourcing (NYTimes, 1/13/06,…
Collaboration Re-Considered
Stretch your memory. Think back to the early days of e-mail. Did you resist? Fess up. Are we all at risk for resisting the next wave? Around 1995 I wrote…
KM at Morrison & Foerster
Morrison & Foerster is one of the leading US law firms for creating and developing an innovative and highly effective approach to knowledge management. Last month, Law Technology News published…
Offshoring Update
Growth in offshoring legal work appears to continue, at least judging by the most recent update to the list of outsourced legal services that excited utterances and I maintain. The…
Practice and Process Improvement – Part II
Last November I suggested that in law firms, it was not obvious who should be responsible for practice and process improvement. A new answer may be emerging. Hildebrandt consultant Susan…
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