“Looking for Law Firm Innovation”
CIOs often champion law firm innovation but frequently face a tough battle. Why? I’ve advocated innovation as a large law firm manager, legal technology consultant, and software marketer. Getting buy-in…
Offshore Document Review
Document review in e-discovery is costly. Contract lawyers are less expensive than associates. Going offshore can lower costs yet more. I await published case studies detailing offshore document reviews. In…
More EED Consolidation
LexisNexis announced yesterday (7/24/06) that it has acquired DataFlight, maker of Concordance software and CaseSoft, maker of CaseMap. From a L-N press release: “The addition of Los Angeles-based Dataflight (www.dataflight.com)…
Computers Pick Outside Counsel Better than People Do
Who’s better at making decisions – people or PCs? Maybe We Should Leave That Up to the Computer (NYTimes, 7/18/06, c4) reports that professor Chris Snijders of Holland argues that…
Call for Law Firm Collaboration Case Studies
Ark Group will host its annual knowledge management conference in Chicago on October 10-11. I’m helping develop the program. We’re looking for a law firm willing to present a case…
Little Traction for Legal RFPs
It seems that RFPs to buy legal services are like alternative billing – much discussed but limited impact. I’ve suggested in prior posts that auctions relate to BigLaw technology because…
Working Virtually – Another Visit
A recent Business Week article explores how the “rise of mobile workers has companies unloading space and rethinking what’s left.” Square Feet. Oh, How Square! (7/3/06) opens with the fact…
Opentext Seeks to Acquire Hummingbird
In May, Hummingbird, one of two main document management vendors to large law firms, announced it was being acquired by Symphony Technology Group. That announcement may not, however, be the…
Roundup (7/9/06)
This roundup looks at some recent articles on outsourcing, knowledge management, and e-discovery. Outsourcing LPOs here head for consolidation in IndiaTimes (5/22/06) reports that legal process outsourcing “may be headed…
Good Legal Offshoring Article
“Offshoring legal work to India could transform how lawyers’ services are bought and sold in North America.” That is the premise explored in a new and useful article in the…
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