The Future of Legal KM (Live from #IlTACon)
This is a live blog post from ILTACon, the 2016 conference of the International Legal Technology Association. This session is the Future of Legal KM with panelists Rob Saccone (Partner Nexlaw Partners LLC), Patrick DiDomenico (CKO, Ogletree Deakins), and Sam Nickless (COO, Gilbert & Tobin)....
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
8 min read
Questions about the Blockchain (for #ILTACon panel)
The blockchain is hot. On Tuesday, I will moderate a session on it at ILTCon – more below. This morning, I flipped through Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. I was excited to see the Opening Remarks section, a commentary and op-ed style weekly piece. This Is Your Company on...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
4 min read
Blockchain – Will It Affect Your Practice or Firm?
Introduction to Blockchain Interview on Its impact on Practice and Firms Both the legal and mainstream media have written many articles about the Blockchain. So I thought readers will appreciate hearing from three lawyers whose practices focus on it. I’ve asked them to explain what...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
18 min read
How Law Firms Should Prepare for the Future of Legal Services (HighQ SmartLaw Book Contribution)
HighQ, a UK-based software company serving the legal market, recently initiated a conversation about SmarltLaw. It started with a website earlier this year. This month, the company released a short e-book that asked 15 experts to answer the question “What do you believe lawyers and law firms need to do to...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
3 min read
The Coming Changes in How Lawyers Practice
In this century we have seen dramatic changes in the legal market. From a period of plenty, we moved to one of seeming scarcity. Many commentators suggest that the legal market has been, is being, or will be disrupted. I have a different point of...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
6 min read
Flex by Fenwick – A Strategic Approach to Service Delivery
FLEX by Fenwick is Fenwick & West LPP‘s 90-lawyer-strong interim in-house counsel business that “is the only service backed by an AmLaw 100 firm that provides custom solutions for interim in-house legal needs.” I have long followed alternative lawyer staffing models so was pleased to learn more about FLEX from Carole...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
6 min read
Do Large Law Firms Have to Start from Scratch to Automate?
A recent article about aircraft production observed that automation requires starting from scratch. Wow. It made me wonder if that’s so for law firms?. Airplane Makers Automate to Meet Surging Demand in the Wall Street Journal (9 July 2016) reports that Boeing and Airbus “are digging deep into the technology toolbox...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
2 min read
What’s Easier to Learn? Law or Statistics?
“Much of the ‘knowledge’ of lawyers can be acquired and accessed by many other means. The only thing over which a law firm has an entrenched monopoly are those aspects of risk and ‘assurances’ to the client that there are disciplinary consequences for a firm...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
2 min read
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