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 for a phase of consolidation in its bid to move up the value chain.” “Large...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
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 National, the journal of the Canadian Bar Association. In Over the Horizon (June 2006,...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
Offshoring List Update – Some Churn
Offshoring continues to be a hot topic. My next post will feature a good article covering the issues. Meanwhile, excited utterances and I have updated our list of legal market outsourcing and offshoring users and providers. We assemble this list based on our reading and...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
Technology Reduces Friction (New Lawyer Referral Service)
Finding the right information and the right people can be hard. I recently came across a new web service that addresses one angle of “finding people.” Lawrex is a lawyer referral service started in April. It “provides lawyers with an efficient and effective forum to...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
The Best Home for an E-Discovery Vendor (another acquisition)
What’s the best home for an e-discovery company? Yet another acquisition last week raises this question. “To expand its document management services business, Xerox… announced that it has agreed to acquire privately-held Amici LLC for $174 million. Amici is a leading provider of electronic-discovery (e-discovery)...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
2 min read
Yet Another Risk for BigLaw?
BigLaw manages risks of all kinds. Records retention and discovery are the new biggies, but let’s not forget conflicts and insider trading, among others. Now, firms can consider a new risk. Common Spreadsheet Errors Can Be Found With More Testing, Some Double-Checking (6/13/05) in the...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
New Legal Tech Journal
Legal Technology Journal is a very good new publication from the UK. Editor-in-Chief Charles Christian is a well-known and highly regarded writer, commentator and industry analyst who has been reporting on developments in law office technology and online legal services for over 25 years. His...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
New Knowledge Management White Paper
The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) has just released a new white paper on Knowledge Management. The KM white paper has several articles of interest. Chris Boyd, Director of Professional Development & KM at Wilson Sonsini, and I wrote one of the articles, Powering a...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
excited utterances expands
Perhaps the first and most popular legal KM blog is excited utterances by Joy London. Joy recently announced an expanded offering that will be of interest to many legal professionals. In a recent post, Joy explains that she is joining forces with Law Librarian News....
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
E-Discovery Attorneys
Does every big law firm need it’s own e-discovery attorney? That’s the question posed and thoughtfully answered by a good new article. E–Discovery Attorneys: Hot or Not? in LawFirm, Inc. (June 2006) by Seth Davis, a recruiter with Major, Lindsey & Africa, examines the emerging...
Ron Friedmann,
20 years ago
1 min read
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