Legal Market Imperfections Re-Visited
A prior blog entry discussed imperfections in the market for legal services. An editorial in Corporate Legal Times, Law Firms are Often Blind to Clients’ Needs adds fuel to this fire. In essence, my prior posting suggested that the customer, that is, general counsel, is...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Contracts as Code
Alerted by Joy London’s posting on her Excited Utterance’s blog, I’ve read a new blog, lawyer’s dont’ get it by attorney Charles Uniman. Mr. Uniman discusses contracts as code, an interesting idea. One can take his idea even further by getting a bit techie, namely...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Trends to Watch in 2004
Here are my views of trends to watch in 2004. I choose the word “trend” intentionally because, as Yogi Berra said, making predictions is hard, especially about the future. Regular readers of my blog know that I focus on the strategic use of technology and...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
3 min read
Online Services Update
I recently came across a very well-done white paper, Online Strategies for Law Firms 2004, on online legal services by Charles Christian, Editor & Publisher, Legal Technology Insider. It provides an insightful analysis of the current state of online legal services, especially in the UK....
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Creating Best Practices at Chevron
Chevron spends more than $60 million on outside law firms that handle its litigation reports Refining Litigation (Corporate Counsel, Dec. 2003). A new general counsel who started one year ago has instituted a program to develop best practices in litigation. Charles James, the new GC,...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Strategy and Technology to Support Law Firm Growth
The Wall Street Journal published Kraft’s Stale Strategy last Thursday (12/18/03) describing how Kraft’s line-extension strategy has failed to develop revenue growth. Before I relate this to lessons for law firms, some backgound… Line or brand extension refers to taking an existing brand name and...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
3 min read
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft has recently released a new addition to its Office suite called OneNote. It’s a “free form” text entry tool with a tabbed interface, outliner, and built-in search engine. I have been evaluating the product for about 30 days and like it so far. I...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Electronic Discovery and the Government
Last month I met with a technical team at a US government organization that has investigative and enforcement authority. The topic of our meeting was to discuss current developments in electronic discovery. This team is guiding the organization’s strategy and tactics for dealing with electronic...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
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