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The Future of BigLaw

Does BigLaw have a future? Two pieces yesterday remind us that the legal market faces peril and change. Jordan Furlong, in Losing the Confidence Game, points out six trends that threaten lawyers. He concludes by wondering whether lawyers are up to meeting the challenges. Almost...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 2 min read

Personal Productivity

A No-Sacrifice Single Computing Device (of the Future)

My iPad is great but no way can I give up my PC. I long for a device that combines the benefits of both. Last December in Tablets versus PCs I wrote that tablet computers do not replace PCs. The iPad is a great way...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Large Law Firm CIO Forum by Hildebrandt West LegalEd, April 24 in NYC

I am co-chairing, with Neeraj Rajpal. Managing Director & Chief Information Officer, Morrison & Foerster LLP, the Hildebrandt West LegalEd Center CIO Forum on April 24, 2012 in NYC. I hope you will consider joining. We have several sessions planned: Living with Uncertainty: Current State...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 2 min read

General

With Law Departments Building More, Should Law Firms Build Less?

Every organization must decide whether to build or buy what it needs. Corporate law departments today are building more than they did and, when they buy, buying from different sources. Large law firms need to figure out the implications. Three blog posts and an article...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 2 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery

Measuring Legal Outcomes and Client Experiences

Paul Lippe, founder and CEO of Legal Onramp and ABA Journal Legal Rebels series contributor, asks a great question: Where Are the Legal Jeremy Lins?. He writes in a March 13th article so titled “How often in law do we look at what really happens...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 4 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery

Why BigLaw Needs a Chief of Client Experience

Last week I wrote that law firms need the equivalent of conductors and composers to orchestrate how they deliver service to clients. The Wired GC’s post yesterday, What if Law Firms Priced Like Apple?, serves as a springboard to extend this thinking. His post points...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 3 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery

Optimizing the Law Firm Client Experience

Large law firms can no longer count on profit growth. With demand flat and buyers gaining power, firms must battle for share of market. The easiest way to grow market share is winning a bigger share of wallet, that is, the percent of a client’s...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 1 min read

Management and Technology

Corporate IT Spending Up – What about Lawyers and Law Firms?

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday in Cut Those Costs! (But Not Tech.) that while most companies still look to reduce costs, many “are boosting IT spending, hoping to get a competitive edge”. Should lawyers and law firms do the same? The article reports...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 2 min read

eDiscovery and Litigation Support

Computerized Document Review Defensible at Last?

On Friday, Judge Andrew J. Peck issued an important ruling in Monique Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group, a widely followed discovery dispute about computer assisted document review in discovery. Judge Peck held that “computer-assisted review is an acceptable way to search...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 3 min read

Roundup

Twitter Roundup – February 2012

Since not everyone reads Twitter, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. In this edition: Mainstream Media Coverage of BigLaw Market, UK Legal Reform, BigLaw Strategy, Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO), and e-Discovery. Mainstream Media Coverage of BigLaw Market WSJ: Clients + others suing...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 1 min read

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