Is Software Eating Law Departments?
Is software eating law departments, a question inspired by Marc Andreessen famously noting that software is eating everything. Is this true for law departments? The lead article in Inside Counsel Magazine (Dec 2015) may answer the question. The IC10 2015 Award Winners The 2015 IC10: The law department of the...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
3 min read
Law Department Trends + Contract Management Opportunities
Now is law department survey season. In my prior post, GCs Now Do Less Law, I reported on the Altman Weil survey of Chief Legal Officers. Here, I report highlights of two other recent surveys: The Annual Law Department Operations Survey by the Blickstein Group surveys law department directors of operations....
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
4 min read
GCs Now Do Less Law
General Counsels seek to reduce cost, to do more with less. That is clear from virtually every survey and conference since the 2008 economic crisis. The Altman Weil 2015 Chief Legal Office Survey (PDF), which came out this week, confirms the trend. Question Six, which has...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
3 min read
The Transformation of the Delivery of Law
This is a live blog post from HyperionGP Solution Accelerator Conference. This 2-day event brings “together Law Department operations managers with leading Industry Experts and [Enterprise Legal Management] ELM Solution Providers in a highly interactive forum focused on success in Enterprise Legal Management.” This conference...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
6 min read
Filling the Gaps that Legal Complexity Causes – An Example
A big challenge in law is that rules vary significantly across jurisdictions. All practices – litigation, transactions, regulatory, and counselling – face this problem. That means even highly experienced lawyers often need help outside their home jurisdiction. If countries, states, provinces, cities, agencies, and other law-makers were...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
4 min read
Focusing on User Experience (live from Ark KM)
This is a live post from Ark Group’s 11th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession in NYC. I publish live posts as a session ends, so please forgive any typos or failure to capture meaning accurately. Session Title: Focusing on User Experience to Enhance the Practice...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
3 min read
KM & Marketing: True Partnership or Marriage of Convenience? (live from Ark KM)
This is a live post from Ark Group’s 11th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession in NYC. I publish live posts as a session ends, so please forgive any typos or failure to capture meaning accurately. Session Title: KM & Marketing: True Partnership or Marriage of Convenience?...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
5 min read
How KM Factors into the Strategic Fabric of a Firm (live from Ark KM)
This is a live post from Ark Group’s 11th Annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession in NYC. I publish live posts as a session ends, so please forgive any typos or failure to capture meaning accurately. Session Title: How Does KM Factor into the Strategic Fabric of...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
5 min read
Top Three Legal Tech Trends in 2015
Earlier this year, Aderant, via its Think Tank, asked several legal market experts “What are the top legal technology trends so far in 2015?”. Aderant published its synthesis of the answers here on 24 July 2015. The detailed answers of each expert about legal tech appear here (see...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
4 min read
The Future of Law & Contracting (live from IACCM)
This is a live blog post from the International Association for Contracting & Commercial Professionals (IACCM) Americas Forum. [Please forgive any typos or misunderstandings in meaning.] This session is The Future of Law & Contracting (live from IACCM) with Mark Harris, Founder, Axiom and moderated by Tim Cummins...
Ron Friedmann,
10 years ago
3 min read
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