Is 2017 the Year of Legal Data Analytics? Jackson Lewis’ New Team
In this post, I interview Jackson Lewis Principal Eric J. Felsberg about a team of statisticians and data scientists he leads. (See the firm’s 22 November 2016 press release for additional detail.) Introduction I think 2017 is more likely to be the year of legal...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
7 min read
What Will be Hot in 2017?
Legal IT Today asked several commentators, including me, to answer three questions about 2017. The questions and my answers appear below. You can download the entire PDF issue here. See the end of this post for list of other commentators who answer the questions. Q: In...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
4 min read
How AdvanceLaw Improves the Corporate Legal Market
The legal market has much room for improvement – we likely all agree on that. But we don’t all agree on exactly how the legal market should be improved. I have therefore long been intrigued by AdvanceLaw, a group of over 150 corporate general counsel with...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
12 min read
How BT Manages Contracts: Provision Extraction with AI (live IACCM event)
The session Contracts and Big Data Analytics is the opening for a DC-area IACCM contract management event; it covers how BT manages contracts and extracts provisions with AI. The presenter is Paul Branch, Head of Deal Assurance at BT Americas. This is a live post; please forgive typos...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
5 min read
Should Law Firms Fear Losing Clients? (Altman Weil 2016 CLO Survey)
Should law firms fear losing clients? Many do already but just how much should they worry? The 2016 Altman Weil CLO Survey provides insight. The report opens with worrying data: 53% of law departments say they shifted a portfolio of work worth $50,000 or more because of a client...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
2 min read
Legal Market on the March
The legal market has been on the march in the last few days, despite the the long US Thanksgiving weekend. I highlight here, in two related groups, a few news items of note… Law Firm Business Services Staffing May Be Up For Grabs The Lawyer magazine...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
3 min read
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Legal – Why the Hype?
I’ve been thinking lately about why there is so much hype recently among lawyers and legal market commentators about artificial intelligence (AI). I was not ready to put hands to keyboard for a full explanation, so on Sunday I recorded a short video on Twitter...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
4 min read
Client Facing KM and AI: Opportunities and Challenges
Client facing KM (knowledge management) and AI (artificial intelligence) have been topics of conversation at conferences and in articles for years. I revisited this topic when in a recent presentation at the International Bar Association Annual meeting in Washington, DC. My slides are below and the post...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
1 min read
Data Security Required. KM Demanded. AI Here: Armageddon or Utopia
This is a live post from the 12th Annual Ark Knowledge Management (KM) conference. (PDF of Agenda). I publish as a session ends so please forgive any typos or misunderstandings of meaning. This session is Data Security is Required. KM is Demanded. AI is Here: Armageddon or...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
3 min read
Practice Engineering: KM for the 21st Century (#ArkKM Live)
This is a live post from the 12th Annual Ark Knowledge Management (KM) conference. (PDF of Agenda). I publish as a session ends so please forgive any typos or misunderstandings of meaning. This session is the keynote, Practice Engineering: KM for the 21st Century, byMichael Mills,...
Ron Friedmann,
9 years ago
5 min read
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