2006 (Not) Technology Prediction
My 2006 technology prediction for BigLaw: Forget about technology per se. Instead, lawyers must adopt new ways of working. Changing how lawyers work is tough. On the tech side, even…
Bringing Lawyers Down to Earth
The Wall Street Journal article Bringing Surgeons Down to Earth (11/16/05, $) reports on making surgeons pay more attention to non-doctors in the operating room, which turns out to save…
Is Manual KM Doomed?
Will lawyers contribute to knowledge management efforts? In the US, the answer is probably not. Even among corporate counsel, where the billable hour does not create perverse incentives, lawyers do…
Business Intelligence and a Large Firm Merger
Can good business intelligence analysis affect a large firm merger? We may find out if Bryan Cave and Squire Sanders merge – a possibility reported earlier this week. Bryan Cave…
Taming Contract Beasts
Those who need to understand a dense contract should consider special software to create a hyperlinked version. I recently spoke with the founders of Affinitext, a service that converts mega-contracts…
Software Adoption Rates in Large Firms
When a large law firm rolls out new software, how can it measure success? Do firms even ask this question? Reader feedback is welcome. As CIO at a large law…
Save 90% on Legal Work
A Texas lawyer who runs a business saved 90% of legal fees by sending legal research offshore. A Smaller Legal World in the Fulton County Daily Reporter (12/13/05) reports that…
Compliance and E-Discovery: Long Term Convergence?
EDDix provides objective, in-depth research about the e-discovery market. Its latest study, Corporate Litigation Readiness, presents several interesting findings. EDDix reports are typically based on research conceived, executed, and analyzed…
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