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The annual Legal Tech trade show is next week in NYC, at the same time as ALM CIO/CTO Forum. With two education programs and many technology exhibitors, there is much to learn and see. If you visit the exhibits, here are my suggestions for what...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Offshore Company Acquires E-Discovery Capability

Earlier today I wrote that legal offshoring is no big threat according to a new report. But that does not mean the legal outsourcing market is standing still. An Indian company has just acquired electronic evidence processing assets from Bowne. Integron (already featured in my...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

New Report: Legal Offshoring No Big Threat

Offshoring legal services is a hot topic, covered by the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Market researcher Forrester estimated (according to the Economist) that 12,000 legal jobs had moved to India by 2004. A new report, however, concludes that the trend is not...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

KM Cup – 1/2 full or empty – Part II

The Wall Street Journal has a good column today on knowledge management. It addresses the question of my prior post, is the KM cup half-full or half-empty, albeit from a different angle. Companies Struggle To Pass On Knowledge That Workers Acquire (WSJ, 1/23/06, B1, $)...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

KM Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?

The 2005 ILTA staffing survey says the KM cup is half-full only. In 49% of 500+ lawyer firms, no one manages KM. Will the cup fill over time? We’ll know more if ILTA keeps asking this question. I’ll also have more to say soon about...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

Do Blawgs Burn as Brightly as Surveys Suggest?

Just how important are law blogs (blawgs)? Hard to say for sure, but just remember 10 years back when many lawyers questioned the need for e-mail or websites. Earlier this week, Law.com published my commentary Do Blawgs Burn as Brightly as Surveys Suggest?. It explains...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Booming Markets Don’t Preclude Bankruptcy

The e-discovery market is booming. A boom does not, however, guarantee success. According to a press release, big player Daticon has declared bankruptcy and been acquired. In the release dated Jan 17, 2006, acquiror Xiotech writes that “today it has reached agreement with Daticon Incorporated...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Outsourcing Legal Research: Did the New York Times Get it Right?

A recent New York Times article suggests that law firms should worry about corporations outsourcing legal research. Is this right? Even Law Firms Join the Trend to Outsourcing (NYTimes, 1/13/06, $) by Jonathan D. Glater says of legal research outsourcing that the “development may be...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Collaboration Re-Considered

Stretch your memory. Think back to the early days of e-mail. Did you resist? Fess up. Are we all at risk for resisting the next wave? Around 1995 I wrote an article arguing that lawyers should use e-mail. Seems quaint, but trust me, it was...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

Knowledge Management

KM at Morrison & Foerster

Morrison & Foerster is one of the leading US law firms for creating and developing an innovative and highly effective approach to knowledge management. Last month, Law Technology News published IT @ Morrison & Foerster: Lessons Learned from Retail (free registration required or PDF version...

Ron Friedmann, 20 years ago 1 min read

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