Orrick to Enter Tech Outsourcing Biz
Orrick Herrington will soon form a separate business to sell support services, including tech, via its West Virginia center. Via an Edge International blog post, I found an article, Orrick in plan to offer law firms outsourcing service, in TheLawyer. “The West Coast firm has...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
DC Bar Ruling: Law of Unintentional Consequences?
In New Reality: Temps Must Join DC Bar ($), the Legal Times (June 27, 2005) reports District of Columbia bar regulators ruled that contract lawyers must be admitted to the DC bar to avoid the unauthorized practice of law. This may have implications for offshoring,...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
New Online Services Initiative
I have long championed the idea of online legal services (online services list here and collection of articles here). So I was intrigued to read a recent American Lawyer magazine article (July 2005) that mentions a new online services initiative. Clients Unite (at p. 22)...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
KM Trends
What’s hot in knowledge management? Tania Daniels, an experienced KM professional and consultant with eSentio, and I collaborated to answer that question. The occasion was a presentation we gave jointly at at eSentio’s annual CIO Roundtable Retreat yesterday. Here are some of the highlights of...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
AmLaw 100 Preview – The Top Ten
Drum roll please…. ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media) will soon release the AmLaw top law firm ratings for 2004. Read on for a preview. Five Am Law 200 firms posted gross revenue in excess of $1 billion in 2004, the largest number ever. The preview...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
Blogs as Radar Redux
I have previously suggested (here) that general counsels could analyze the blogosphere as an early warning system for potential legal issues. Blogs as radar is now happening in consumer markets. Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal, in Marketers Scan Blogs for Brand Insights (free WSJ...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
Excellent Discussion of Large Law Firm Blogs
I have previously argued that large law firms should create firm-branded blogs (here and here). Fellow blogger Robert Ambrogi has an excellent discussion of the pros and cons of large law firm blogs. He opens with the observation that “as sure as thesis breeds antithesis,...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
Doctors Mend Their Ways – Can Lawyers?
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that “anesthesiologists pay less for malpractice insurance today, in constant dollars, than they did 20 years ago.” This is a result of a conscious effort – one with lessons for lawyers. In the lead story, Once Seen as Risky,...
Ron Friedmann,
21 years ago
1 min read
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