Strategic Legal Technology Blog

Wall Street Journal: Contract Lawyers Go Home

I have long argued that deploying armies of domestic contract lawyers to review documents in e-discovery is not a sustainable practice. Search Software Gets Boost From New Rules in the Wall Street Journal (5/16/07) explains that the December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Outsourcing

Big Increase in Number of Indian LPO

Offshoring legal work is hot a topic judging by the number of conferences and the growing list of companies in India that provide offshore legal support. Conferences: Tomorow (May 15, 2007) I am a panelist in The World Is Flat: What You Need To Know...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Innovation and Change Management

BigLaw Blogs – Marketing Benefits + Institutional v Individual Branding

Should law firms blog? That’s the question I addressed on May 2nd at the ALA’s 36th Annual Educational Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas. In Blogging: Why the Fuss?, I explored whether blogging is a good marketing vehicle for law firms. (I also covered blogging...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Online Legal Services

Online Legal Service for Consumers

During the dot-com boom, several start-ups offered business to consumer (B2C) legal web sites. Offerings varied but all failed. Now, we are seeing a re-birth, backed by heavy hitters. Avvo is a new start-up founded by executives with experience at successful web businesses. Today, Avvo...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Roundup

Roundup (5/9/07)

In this Roundup: EDD takes time, a custom Google search for knowledge management web sites, and offshoring contract drafting. E-Discovery Conrad Jacoby explains in E-Discovery Update: Recognizing Hidden Logistical Bottlenecks in E-Discovery (LLRX.com, April 24, 2007) why the mechanics of copying in EDD can be...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Supplier News

Thomson Bids for Reuters

Thomson (owner of West Publishing) is an important information and software supplier for BigLaw (and SmalLaw). CIOs, librarians, and other firm managers should keep track of Thomson’s bid for Reuters. Forbes report of the Thomson bid for Reuters is here. Reuters itself reports that Thomson...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Outsourcing

The Ethics of Offshoring Legal Work – Part II

Another bar authority has analyzed offshore work and concluded that, subject to certain caveats, offshoring is permissible. In October, I reported on a NYC Bar Association ethics opinion on offshoring. Now, the San Diego County Bar Association has issued Ethics Opinon 2007-1, which analyzes in...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support, Legal Tech Start-Ups

E-Discovery Concept Searching Clarified

What’s the best way to review documents in discovery? I’ve suggested that an army of US-based contract lawyers is not the answer, that using offshore lawyers or software is a better approach. Nicolas Economou, CEO of H5, offers useful insights in response to a prior...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 5 min read

Management and Technology

The Office is Dead

Who needs an office? Law firms believe every lawyer does. But BigLaw is increasingly out of synch with corporate America in this view. Rolling Out The Instant Office in Business Week (5/7/07) reports that about “60% of the office space that companies pay so dearly...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Outsourcing

UK Legal Advice from India

If you live in the UK, now you can get low-cost advice from lawyers in India. A Bob Ambrogi blog post alerted me to UK-based Expert Legal Advice. Consumers buy chunks of time in advance and receive advice by e-mail. The company offering the service...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

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