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Alternative Legal Provider, Innovation and Change Management, Law Departments / Client Service, Law Firm Service Delivery

Is the Pressure Building on Big Law?

I’ve complained that too many commentators predict Big Law disruption. With Big Law surviving the 2008-10 economic crisis largely intact and profits continuing to grow, it’s hard to see the disruption. What’s hard to miss though is the pressure Big Law faces from several directions....

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 3 min read

General, Innovation and Change Management, Law Department Management

Early Observations from the GC Thought Leader Experiment (Live)

This is a live post of a webinar hosted by Advance Law. In July, An Open Letter From 25 General Counsel published in Corporate Counsel announced a ” real-time exercise to test industry assumptions and understand how to improve the legal market and relationships between law firms and...

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 9 min read

Bar Regulation, General

Law Firm Ownership: An Evidence-Based Approach

Adam Smith, Esq. asks “Is the prohibition against non-lawyers having an ownership interest in a law firm still a good idea?” (See Question of the Month #4: Non-lawyer Ownership?, 1 Sep 2017). Readers can vote on a list of answers or comment. I defer my vote to...

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 2 min read

Innovation and Change Management, Law Firm Service Delivery, Online Legal Services

Intriguing New Legal Services Innovation Index

Last week, Prof. Dan Linna of Michigan State University College of Law and his students released and intriguing new Innovation Catalog and Law Firm Innovation Index, jointly titled the Legal Services Innovation Index. I view this as important and pathbreaking work and encourage readers to visit...

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 4 min read

Big Data and Data Science

Data Science + Law: An Interview with LexPredict

To understand more about the role of data science in law, I turned to LexPredict, a company specializing in legal data analytics. Three of its principals, Dan Katz, Mike Bommarito, and Andrew Baker collaborated to answer the questions I posed. One reason I wanted to...

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 9 min read

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI in Law: From Theory to Practice

I am attending the session AI in Law: From Theory to Practice, live at ILTACon 2017. The International Legal Technology Association annual conference is the preeminent global legal tech conference. The moderator is Andrew Arruda (CEO, ROSS Intelligence). Panelsts are Jonathan Talbot (Director, IT Enterprise Systems DLA Piper), Julian Tsisin (Legal Technology...

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 9 min read

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Myths, Realities and Future of AI + Automation in the Law (Live #ILTACON)

I am attending the session Myths, Realities and Future of AI + Automation in the Law, live at ILTACon 2017. The International Legal Technology Association annual conference is the preeminent global legal tech conference. The moderator is Andrew Arruda (CEO, ROSS Intelligence) and the panelists are Samuel Whitman (KM Leader, Mayer...

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 6 min read

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Law Firm Service Delivery

The Growing Importance of Tech-Enabled Law Practice

We can now make a very strong case for the growing importance of tech-enabled law practice. Of course, all law firms and law departments have technology. But mere infrastructure no longer suffices. Rather, lawyers must move to tech-enabled law practice to improve efficiency. Two developments prompted...

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 6 min read

Knowledge Management

Changing Knowledge Management (KM) Priorities

How and why are KM priorities changing? That was the topic of an ILTA virtual roundtable I moderated on July 6, 2017. I report here on the survey administered in advance and the flavor of the discussion. As moderator, I was not able to take...

Ron Friedmann, 8 years ago 4 min read

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Contract Management

The Last Mile of Contracts: Why Human Teams Are Still Essential

You might think that everything about contracts has been automated. But in fact, that’s not true. Here’s a quick rundown on technology for contracts and why we still need humans to help create, analyze, and manage contracts. Mainstream media regularly reports about robots and artificial intelligence...

Ron Friedmann, 9 years ago 5 min read

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