Demise of Document Management?
Microsoft SharePoint has captured significant legal mind- and market-share. It may be moving one step closer to replacing document management software (“DMS”). The consensus among large US firms is that someday it may replace traditional DMS. That day has arrived for one 250-user, UK law...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Recruiting Indian Lawyers
India is a big outsourcing destination. It may also become one for recruiting lawyers. Indian lawyers next target for international firms in Lawyers Weekly (Australia, 9 Mar 07) reports that legal recruiters and some large law firms now look for lawyers in India work in...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
High Powered Panel Considers Impact of E-Discovery
Last week I attended a great e-discovery forum: “And Justice for All: How the Electronic Information Explosion is Transforming the American Legal System.” H5 Technologies assembled an outstanding panel (listed below), moderated by Prof. Arthur Miller. The 2-hour long panel discussion explored the impact of...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
3 min read
Customized Searching (Part II)
I continue to be intrigued by Google’s custom search engines. These little tools have potential value for law practice and law business. I recently blogged about a top US law firm search I created. After that, Mark Gould, Head of Knowledge Management, Addleshaw Goddard LLP...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
The Gold Standard for E-Discovery Document Review
Two recent e-discovery webinars suggest that the legal profession has yet to settle on the best approach to e-discovery document review. E-Discovery: Search Engines & The Lawyer’s Role in Review (law.com, 2/28/07) addressed using key words versus concept searching to speed document review. Implicit...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Roundup (3/16/07)
In this Roundup: a report on the Large Law Firm Leaders Forum (with coda on demise of Goodman and Carr); comments on new New York State advertising ethics rules; and a SharePoint 2007 case study. Large Law Firm Leaders Forum Adam Smith, Esq. has a...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Hidden Danger of Knowledge Management
Is knowledge management sometimes dangerous? Sun General Counsel Michael Dillon’s blog post Contracts with clarity implicitly raise this question. Dillon describes an effort at Sun to simplify contract language. He notes that “attorneys seldom create agreements from scratch. Instead, in the interests of efficiency, we...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Recent Acquisitions: E-Discovery and Outsourcing
Two acquisitions occurred in recent weeks, one in e-discovery and one in outsourcing. Integreon to acquire CBF Group Inc (2/22/07) notes that “Integreon Managed Solutions, Inc., a global leader in complex knowledge process outsourcing, announced today that it has acquired Fargo, N.D.-based CBF Group, Inc.,...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Court Applies UPL to Online Legal Service
A court has ruled that an online legal service engaged in the unauthorized practice of law (UPL). A recent 9th Circuit case, In re Reynoso (2/27/07), holds that bankruptcy advice provided by an expert system “was the conduct of a non-attorney” and therefore “constituted the...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Updates on Working Virtually (March 2007)
I regularly write about the advantages – and challenges – of working virtually. Several recent items are good reading for anyone interested in this concept. 1. Reasons to Hold Out Hope For Balancing Work and Home in the Wall Street Journal (1/11/07) reports that “What’s...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
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