Onshore v Offshore Pivot Point – Part II
In my prior post, I summarized two recent articles about discovery document review: DuPont’s going offshore and BigLaw’s move to contract lawyers. Which is better – onshore or offshore review? The choice is purely an empirical question, meaning a decision driven by hard data: the...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Onshore v Offshore Pivot Point – Part I
The current costly approach to e-discovery document review is not sustainable. I’ve often suggested that offshore lawyers are a cost reducing option. At last, we have a public instance of offshore review – and a big one. At the same time, we have new insight...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
Welcome to IT and KM Budget Season
At many law firms, it’s budget time of year. IT and KM managers need to make their best cases for proposed spending. If your boss asks about ROI, consider showing this: “Superstar Economics” & Laterals: Take II by Adam Smith, Esq. It explains why hiring...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
In-House E-Discovery Attorneys
In June I wrote about the emerging position of EED attorneys in law firms. Corporations are also creating such positions. Discovery Trailblazers in InsideCounsel (Aug 2006) reports that many large companies are looking for someone to manage e-discovery. One motivation is cost control: “An e-discovery...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
New Legal Technology Blog
Long-time legal technology consultant Ross Kodner has started a blog. Ross Ipsa Loquitur Blog is a clever name for Ross’ blog, which covers a range of legal tech issues. Early posts include good advice on practice applications, pointers to peripherials, an ILTA update, and sneak...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Roundup (9/1/06)
In this roundup, items on outsourcing, e-discovery, alternative billing, practice group management, and law firm IT infrastructure. Outsourcing A case in point in Business Line (from The Hindu in India) reports on Pangea3’s success in recruiting top-flight Indian legal professionals to its legal offshoring business....
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Innovation Case Studies
I recently recommended the College of Law Practice Management’s InnovAction publication (PDF). In addition to several feature articles about innovation, there are several informative short case studies. I contributed case studies of innovation at Bryan Cave and Morrison Foerster. John Alber of Bryan Cave provided...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Marketing Chasing Technology?
Not really. The title refers to the growth of BigLaw marketing relative to IT. I was surprised to read Larry Bodine’s blog post More Marketers for Lawyers at Big Firms reporting that among the top 100 law firms, one marketing person serves 26 lawyers (a...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Microsoft Problems are Time Sink
PCs are great productivity tools – except when unexplained problems become time sinks, many of which in my personal experience arise from Microsoft. After reading recently in e-week and elsewhere about security problems in Office applications, I decided it was time to update my Office...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
1 min read
Roundup (8/22/06)
In this round-up: a report on legal innovation, law library survey, enterprise RSS update, IT outsourcing, and EED udpates. Innovation in the Legal Market Adam Smith, Esq. has an excellent blog post about innovation in the legal market. The Financial Times on “Legal Innovators 2006”...
Ron Friedmann,
19 years ago
2 min read
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