Strategic Legal Technology Blog

AmLaw 100 Preview – The Top Ten

Drum roll please…. ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media) will soon release the AmLaw top law firm ratings for 2004. Read on for a preview. Five Am Law 200 firms posted gross revenue in excess of $1 billion in 2004, the largest number ever. The preview...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

Interesting Technology

Blogs as Radar Redux

I have previously suggested (here) that general counsels could analyze the blogosphere as an early warning system for potential legal issues. Blogs as radar is now happening in consumer markets. Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal, in Marketers Scan Blogs for Brand Insights (free WSJ...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

Law Departments / Client Service

Excellent Discussion of Large Law Firm Blogs

I have previously argued that large law firms should create firm-branded blogs (here and here). Fellow blogger Robert Ambrogi has an excellent discussion of the pros and cons of large law firm blogs. He opens with the observation that “as sure as thesis breeds antithesis,...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

Doctors Mend Their Ways – Can Lawyers?

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that “anesthesiologists pay less for malpractice insurance today, in constant dollars, than they did 20 years ago.” This is a result of a conscious effort – one with lessons for lawyers. In the lead story, Once Seen as Risky,...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

Making Extranets Work – One Winning Strategy

I have predicted that law departments will eventually control extranets to avoid dealing with multiple outside counsel systems. In the mean time, however, many law departments are not ready to do so and many law firms continue to find value in providing clients with customized...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

A Process Approach to Litigation Support

The e-discovery explosion creates a risk that firms will lose sight of the larger litigation support picture. There may not be a single right way to “do lit supp” but firms should analyze their processes and strive to develop consistent guidelines. The table here presents...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Decision Trees to Assess Cases

Decision trees are a formal method to assess risk in litigation and estimate the expected value of a case. My former colleague and now law professor David Post and I explained the basics of risk analysis and decision trees in a 1990 article (the concepts...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Deadline for Innovaction Award Application

Notice to legal market innovators: replace the arrows in your back with an award that recognizes your hard work and risk taking. I posted about this in March – the deadline is June 14th. College of Law Practice Management in concert with Edge International announces...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Law Firm Chief Strategy Officer

A half-dozen years ago I participated in the partner retreat of an Australian law firm. I was impressed by the business focus of the firm. Now, there are signs that some of this discipline is coming to US shores. And with it will perhaps arrive...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 1 min read

Interesting Technology

Communicating with Clients via TV

I recently came across an interesting new Web-based form of communication that law firms should consider for CLE and delivering client updates: web-based TV. My friends at ii3, Inc. recently released ii3 TV. The concept is simple: short, professionally produced TV segments streamed to a...

Ron Friedmann, 21 years ago 2 min read

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