Strategic Legal Technology Blog

The May issue of Corporate Counsel magazine reports in Hello, Good Buy that “a dozen companies confirm that they’ve directed their procurement departments… to review legal spending decisions.”  The article reviews the pros and cons of purchasing experts helping to select outside counsel. If the...

A few days ago I asked if Microsoft gets KM. A recent article reports on DuPont’s adoption of the “the Edge,” an extranet designed to support teamwork and knowledge sharing among its outside counsel. I now have to ask the same question about DuPont.  Pushing...

Well-known law department consultant Rees Morrison has an interesting post about lawyers in law departments.  He writes that in-house lawyers “barely scratch the surface of what accomplished users – not experts, just lawyers who have learned how to make the most out of a program...

Would general counsel buy legal radar? Like regular radar, it would provide a picture of the nearby environment and early warning of upcoming hazards. This seemingly outlandish idea may not be so far out in fact..  The advent of blogs, the web, and advanced full...

Corporate Counsel magazine has published its latest survey of in-house technology use. The bottom line: progress has been made.  The article reports that in-house counsel are making better use of e-billing and matter management software to manage their outside counsel more effectively. Law departments are...