Hype vs. Reality: Is everything AI now? (Live #COLPM)
I am attending the College of Law Practice Management annual Futures Conference in Atlanta. The conference title this year is Running with the Machines – the entire conference is devoted to artificial intelligence (AI). This session is Hype vs. Reality: Is everything AI now?. The session description is appended...
Document Assembly in the Real World (Live #ArkKM)
I am attending the 13th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession conference in NYC, hosted by Ark Group. This is a live post of the session Faster, Better, Cheaper, Smarter and Happier? Document Assembly in the Real World. The presenters are John Kruse, Director of Knowledge...
Practical Magic: Using Advanced Technologies to Achieve Results (Live #ArkKM)
I am attending the 13th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession conference in NYC, hosted by Ark Group. This is a live post of the session Practical Magic: Using Advanced Technologies to Achieve Results. The speaker is J. Stephen Poor, Partner & Chair Emeritus, Seyfarth Shaw LLP. The...
The State of Legal AI – a Q&A
What is the current state of legal AI (artificial intelligence) – the Q&A below has my views. [Baretz + Brunelle, an agency supporting Bloomberg Law asked these questions in August, prior to ILTACon. Portions of my answers appeared in two B+B sponsored Bloomberg Big Law...
Rethinking How Clients Buy Legal Services – PERSUIT Platform for RFPs
I recently learned about a new platform, PERSUIT, designed to rethink how clients buy outside counsel and other legal services. Jim Delkousis, a former DLA Piper partner and Founder & CEO of PERSUIT, and I initially spoke in July. I saw the platform and we...
Blockchain for Law Practice Management – A First?
Blockchain remains a hot topic, including in legal, but I have long wondered when we would see the first instance of blockchain for law practice management. (I contrast that with the impact blockchain is having on law practice, namely a growing number of lawyers who...
Is the Pressure Building on Big Law?
I’ve complained that too many commentators predict Big Law disruption. With Big Law surviving the 2008-10 economic crisis largely intact and profits continuing to grow, it’s hard to see the disruption. What’s hard to miss though is the pressure Big Law faces from several directions....
Early Observations from the GC Thought Leader Experiment (Live)
This is a live post of a webinar hosted by Advance Law. In July, An Open Letter From 25 General Counsel published in Corporate Counsel announced a ” real-time exercise to test industry assumptions and understand how to improve the legal market and relationships between law firms and...