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The Ethics of Offshoring Legal Work

Legal trade press articles have quoted BigLaw partners about the parade of ethical horrors of offshoring. They should read The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, Formal Opinion 2006-3, which finds that it is ethically...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Outsourcing

Clifford Chance to Offshore Staff Functions

Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance has announced it will move 300 staff positions to India. CC to transfer 300 jobs to India in bid to save £30m in legalweek.com (10/2/06) reports the firm is “set to move about 300 support staff jobs from the...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Roundup

Roundup (10/1/06)

In this roundup: working virtually, law firm business intelligence, e-discovery, infrastructure, lack of alternative billing, and organizing a good conference. Working Virtually When Working at Home Doesn’t Work: How Companies Comfort Telecommuters (8/24/06) in the Wall Street Journal reports: “Driven by employer real-estate cutbacks, commuting...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 2 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Onshore v Offshore v Software for Document Review

I recently wrote that choosing onshore v. offshore review is an empirical question. Here’s some good reading to help think about answering this. In Onshore v Offshore Pivot Point – Part II I said in passing that software might be an even better choice for...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

Webcast: KM – Asking the Right Questions

How can law firms understand and take advantage of knowledge management? What are typical KM challenges? These are some of the questions I tackle in a recorded webcast, Knowledge Management: Asking the Right Questions, an interview with David Snow, editor of the technology section of...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Interesting Technology

Delivering the Right Information – Example

On Monday, I explained the benefits of information delivery to lawyers using “enterprise RSS.” On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported on a good, concrete example of why law firms need to consider enterprise RSS. SEC Financial-Reports Database To Undergo $54 Million Upgrade (WSJ, 9/26/06)...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

Delivering the Right Information to Lawyers

Lawyers may have to toss a coin to choose caffeine versus constantly updated legal news. Now, it’s easier to have both. New tools ease finding and digesting legal updates while sipping coffee. I recently spoke with Todd Berkowitz, an executive with Newsgator, an “enterprise RSS”...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 2 min read

Interesting Technology

Tapping Law Firm Collective Expertise

Merging large law firms say that they offer clients more and deeper expertise. But do mega-firms effectively tap their collective wisdom? Knowledge management professionals and legal technology consultants see how hard it is to identify who knows what in a BigLaw firm. Much KM work...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 2 min read

Innovation and Change Management

Ditch Infrastructure to Focus on Profit-Making IT

I recently proposed a portfolio approach to evaluating law firm IT and KM projects, suggesting a focus on initiatives that increase profits. Two innovative actions by large UK law firm Eversheds help illustrate the idea. Eversheds set to transfer 90 staff in IT outsourcing deal...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 2 min read

Interesting Technology

Computers as Lawyers?

In July I wrote a post titled Computers Pick Outside Counsel Better than People Do, reporting on a NY Times article. The article’s broader point was that computers often decide better than do people. Remember, lawyers are people too. Maybe We Should Leave That Up...

Ron Friedmann, 19 years ago 2 min read

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