Optimizing Contracting Processes + Practices (live from IACCM)
This is a live blog post from the International Association for Contracting & Commercial Professionals (IACCM) Americas Forum. [Please forgiven any typos or misunderstandings in meaning.] This session is Optimizing Contracting Processes + Practices with Arne Byberg, Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Solutions & Associate General Counsel,...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
7 min read
Looking at Contracting Risk Holistically (live from IACCM)
This is a live blog post from the International Association for Contracting & Commercial Professionals (IACCM) Americas Forum. [Please forgiven any typos or misunderstandings in meaning.] This session is Breaking Out of the Box: Looking at Risk Holistically with Rod Wade, Vice President, Contract Management, MedImpact Healthcare...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
5 min read
Can Big Law Learn from Hotel Room Design + Airline Pricing?
Sometimes a blog post just cries to be written. Tonight I read hardcopy of the Wall Street Journal. Side by side articles on page 1 of Personal Journal struck me as offering – with a little imagination – lessons for law firms. Secrets to Creating a...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
2 min read
Contracts as Code: Q&A with Ethereum on the Future of Contracting
Introduction I have long thought about applying technology to improve contract creation and management. My first blog post on the topic dates from 2004 (see my contract management posts here.) Recently, I have read several articles about how blockchain technology – which underlies Bitcoin – can support self-fulfilling contracts....
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
13 min read
Improving Legal Service Delivery Will Take Years
[LegalTrek first published this interview on 5 August 2015 here under the same title, Improving Legal Service Delivery Will Take Years. Ilina Rejeva conducted the interview.] Ilina: Hello, Ron! In your article “Will We Ever Say Goodbye to Email?” you outline that people are still wed to...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
5 min read
Finally, A Law Firm Offers Contract Management Software and Service
Introduction Law firms make good money drafting contracts. Absent a dispute, however, executing a contract ends a law firm’s business on that contract. That has long struck me as a lost opportunity. Why only set up the rights and obligation; why not also track and...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
4 min read
Are Big Law Legal Technology Experts Failing? A Pre-ILTACon Question
Are Big Law legal technology experts failing at their jobs? I ask this question as the leading global tech experts from Big Law and not-so-Big Law are about to converge in Las Vegas at “ILTACon” (The International Legal Technology Association’s ILTA 2015 conference). The question was prompted...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
3 min read
Are Lawyers Getting Dumber? Bloomberg Asks
It’s rare that the legal market makes the cover of Business Week. The current print issue (24-30 August 2015) cover story asks “Are Lawyers Getting Dumber?” The article describes the dust-up between lesser-ranked law schools and the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) over the...
Ron Friedmann,
11 years ago
2 min read
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