Law Firm GCs and KM
Large law firms are hiring general counsels. Will this have an impact on knowledge management? Spurred by Insurers, General Counsel Posts Popping Up at Large Firms in Corporate Counsel magazine (December 2004) reports, citing an Altman Weil study, that “63 percent of the nation’s 200...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Online Legal Services Brief Update
I recently updated the list of online legal services that I maintain. There have been a few changes since the prior update in June. New to the List: UK firm Morgan Cole offers tools to manage corporate employee policies and an employment e-learning service....
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
List of KM Resources
A group of large law firm knowledge management professionals recently compiled a list of KM resources. This list was compiled in November 2004. It is neither comprehensive nor exhaustive. It lists both free and for-pay resources. Thanks to my professional colleagues who compiled this list....
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
In Support of Best Practices
My prior post discussed a recent article suggesting that the search for best practices may be fruitless. I believe that the problem is less in defining best practices and more in the mindset of lawyers. [Since my prior post, the article, The Quest for the...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Best Practices Questioned
I periodically blog on the topic of best practices so was intrigued to read “The Quest for the Best” in the Legal Times (11/15/04, subscription required). In it, management consultant Rees Morrison argues that the quest for best practices is akin to the search for...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
3 min read
Freshfields Chooses Verity for Enterprise Search
Enterprise search – the ability to conduct full-text search across multiple information repositories – comes up at many of the knowledge management meetings I have attended over the last year. Anecdotally, it seems that many firms are evaluating Recommind. So it is interesting to see...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Personal Productivity Update
Periodically, I share findings about how technology improves my own productivity. In this post, I have some quick comments about back-ups and full-text search. Last August, I wrote about using small external hard drives to facilitate back-ups. I realize that for users in corporate settings,...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
More Legal Outsourcing Examples
American Lawyer magazine reports in Briefed in Bangalore (November 2004) on more examples of outsourcing legal work to India. At the same time, at least one US-based company is promoting outsourcing services based on being in the US and using US citizens. The article notes...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
2 min read
Bringing EDD In-House: A Bad Idea
A recent article suggested that law firms should make electronic evidence discovery an in-house profit center. Blogger Adam Smith, Esq. beat me to the punch in explaining why this is an ill-considered idea. His post, EDD: Look Who’s Not Coming to Dinner, explains three reasons...
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
1 min read
Litigation Support Market Set to Consolidate
Litigation support has long been a fragmented market: many suppliers and no single one with high market share. A new study suggests this will change. It also finds – and I believe this is related – that most large law firms lack electronic evidence expertise....
Ron Friedmann,
22 years ago
3 min read
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