What Are Legal Tech + Legal Service Provider Exit Strategies?
I’ve recently spent a fair bit of time thinking and talking with friends about exit strategies for legal tech and legal service provider companies. I don’t have a clear answer, so I’m writing this post to solicit others’ views. [This article was originally published by...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
3 min read
Will All Law Firms Eventually Corporatize?
INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATIZE TOPIC and CHRIS BULL I recently spoke with my former colleague Chris Bull who made the interesting observation that law firms will corporatize. I was intrigued about what he meant and why, so interviewed him. Chris is the Executive Director of Kingsmead Square, a...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
7 min read
A New Look for My Blog and Website
As of 28 November 2017, my website and blog have a new look. Web design standards keep changing. I claim little expertise in design but I do see more and more images – and white space. So I have updated my WordPress theme (Gillion Grid)....
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
1 min read
How I Got Into Legal Biz + Tech and Where I See Both Going
My friends at High Performance Counsel recently interviewed me on how I got into the legal biz and legal tech and where I see both going. This interviews was originally published on October 10, 2017 as VETERAN LEGAL INDUSTRY OBSERVER AND ADVISER RON FRIEDMANN INTERVIEWED FOR THE #BAKERSDOZEN....
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
9 min read
Hype vs. Reality: Is everything AI now? (Live #COLPM)
I am attending the College of Law Practice Management annual Futures Conference in Atlanta. The conference title this year is Running with the Machines – the entire conference is devoted to artificial intelligence (AI). This session is Hype vs. Reality: Is everything AI now?. The session description is appended...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
5 min read
Document Assembly in the Real World (Live #ArkKM)
I am attending the 13th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession conference in NYC, hosted by Ark Group. This is a live post of the session Faster, Better, Cheaper, Smarter and Happier? Document Assembly in the Real World. The presenters are John Kruse, Director of Knowledge...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
6 min read
Practical Magic: Using Advanced Technologies to Achieve Results (Live #ArkKM)
I am attending the 13th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession conference in NYC, hosted by Ark Group. This is a live post of the session Practical Magic: Using Advanced Technologies to Achieve Results. The speaker is J. Stephen Poor, Partner & Chair Emeritus, Seyfarth Shaw LLP. The...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
5 min read
The State of Legal AI – a Q&A
What is the current state of legal AI (artificial intelligence) – the Q&A below has my views. [Baretz + Brunelle, an agency supporting Bloomberg Law asked these questions in August, prior to ILTACon. Portions of my answers appeared in two B+B sponsored Bloomberg Big Law...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
6 min read
Rethinking How Clients Buy Legal Services – PERSUIT Platform for RFPs
I recently learned about a new platform, PERSUIT, designed to rethink how clients buy outside counsel and other legal services. Jim Delkousis, a former DLA Piper partner and Founder & CEO of PERSUIT, and I initially spoke in July. I saw the platform and we...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
6 min read
Blockchain for Law Practice Management – A First?
Blockchain remains a hot topic, including in legal, but I have long wondered when we would see the first instance of blockchain for law practice management. (I contrast that with the impact blockchain is having on law practice, namely a growing number of lawyers who...
Ron Friedmann,
8 years ago
3 min read
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