Theories on Why the Most Profitable Law Firms Don’t Blog
A blog post over at the Drug and Device Law blog sparks me to return to the issue of BigLaw blogging. Two lawyers, one from Jones Day and one from Dechert, write this blog jointly. By now, blogs are so popular that many observers blame...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Roundup of Twitter Posts – June 2009
Since not everyone is a Twitter fan, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. RT @jordan_law21 New at Law21: measuring lawyer productivity: http://tr.im/qjpD || also consider actual outcome v. expected / hoped for RT @glambert ‘Alternative Fees – “How To” Tech’ – http://bit.ly/NFYQK...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
KM Holding Steady but Not Enough is Being Baked In (ILTA Survey Results)
How is KM doing in the economic crisis? Are law firms taking advantage of other law firm departments to support KM (“baking KM into processes”)? I am the author of a just-released ILTA survey that answers these and other questions. In June 2006, Chris Boyd,...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
1 min read
Law Firm Views of Legal Outsourcing – A Survey and Report
A recently released report by ValueNotes, a respected analyst firm, sheds light on what US and UK law firms think about legal outsourcing. Over at my employer’s blog, I co-authored a post, What Law Firms Think about Legal Outsourcing. It summarizes key findings of ValueNotes’...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
3 min read
Software v Humans in Doc Review – A Statistical Study by Equivio
A new e-discovery study by Equivio statistically compares human versus software performance in designating responsive documents. The results are worth reading. I’ve argued that litigators and judges should rely on statistical analysis to determine the the most reliable and accurate approach to reviewing documents. In...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
Legal Outsourcing Tipping Point?
Legal outsourcing has made mainstream and legal media news for years. After blogging on legal process outsourcing (LPO) articles regularly I stopped because there were so many. Two articles in the Times Online today, however, caught my eye. A major multi-national has gone public about...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
1 min read
Comparing Tech Use in Legal and Non-Legal, Across Generations
I came across an interesting technology use survey sponsored by LexisNexis. It has a lot of data on tech usage and attitudes and compares legal and other professionals and three generation of users. It’s worth a look though it’s a bit overwhelming in scope and...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
2 min read
E-Discovery Goal: Win or Avoid Disaster?
Have lawyers forgotten the goal of e-discovery? EDD articles and professionals seem exclusively focused on avoiding disaster. The real EDD goal is winning the case. In 1997, I characterized the goals of discovery as: [see note below for source] A. Achieve the best outcome for...
Ron Friedmann,
17 years ago
3 min read
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