Legal Offshoring Makes the New York Times
News reports in general interest publications such as the New York Times are often a good barometer for industry trends. Now that the the Times has reported on sending legal work to India, it’s official – the legal profession has the “signal” that offshoring is...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Budgeting to Serve Clients
I have long advocated the use of budgets in larger legal matters. Many firms, it seems, are loathe to consider the idea. Not all. UK firm Wragge&Co has filed for a US patent on a case budgeting system. Over the years, I have spoken to...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Another New Legal Outsourcing Company
I spotted on Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites a reference to another example of the trend toward outsourcing legal work to India. Intellevate provides a range of intellectual property support services, including specialized support in India. Ambrogi’s blog posting alerted me to Law firm cuts rates by...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Applying Solid Business Metrics to KM and Other Decisions
In Rethinking ROI: Managing Risk and Rewards in KM Initiatives (LLRX, Feb 23, 2004), Bryan Cave partner John Alber makes a compelling case that law firms must have appropriate business intelligence analytics in place before undertaking a knowledge management program. Alber writes that return on...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Corporate Counsel Provides Online Legal Service
In my prior post Thoughts on the Paucity of Online Legal Services, I suggested that one factor holding back development of online legal services is that the natural users, corporate counsel, lack the resources to develop them. It turns out this not universally true, as...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Portals and KM – Part II
In a November posting, Portals and KM, I discussed how law firms should think about portal strategies in connection with knowledge management. A column in Portals Magazine, Viewpoint: Maximizing the Movement, by an Accenture consultant, argues that KM can justify portals. The column opens with...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Survey on Online Legal Services Topics
The article The Many Faces of E-Lawyering in the Jan/Feb issue of Law Practice provides a good survey of many online legal services topics. The article, edited by Richard Granat and Marc Lauritsen, the Co-Chairs of the ABA eLawyering Task Force, is a compendium of...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
What Impeaching a Governor Teaches Us about Online Legal Services
The unauthorized practice of law (UPL) is a potential concern for those who wish to offer online legal services. Do UPL Restrictions Apply to Impeachment Lawyers from the The Connecticut Law Tribune on law.com offers an interesting perspective on UPL. The article discusses the possible...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
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