As BigLaw Differentiates, Firm Managers May Benefit
Recent reports of a mixed profit picture for large law firms is a good reminder that strategy and differentiation now matter. Last week the Hildebrandt Institute and the Law Firm…
Lawyer-Client Communication is Just Another Process to Improve
Lawyers are at last working to improve legal processes, that is, how they actually do work. An overlooked process may well be communicating with clients. Communication as a process became…
Legal Project Management (LPM) – Interesting New Software from ERM Legal Solutions
Some lawyers still resist legal project management (LPM). An earlier generation thought they could ignore e-mail. I view LPM like e-mail: inevitable for both inside and outside counsel. In this…
Legal Tech New York beyond e-Discovery
I spent most of this week at Legal Tech New York. E-discovery dominated and is amply covered elsewhere. I’ll report here on a few products that caught my eye. Plus…
Judicial Perspectives on Technology-Assisated Review [live post from Legal Tech NY]
This is a live blog post from Legal Tech NY. The session is Judicial Perspectives on Technology-Assisted Review, hosted by Xerox Litigation Services. The panelists are Judges Andrew M. Peck,…
Web Start-Up Docracy Offers Open Source Law
I have long advocated open source law. If more lawyers and clients put documents in the public domain, legal costs might drop and consistency rise. At least one start-up is…
Law Firm Merger Mania: Does it Really Make Sense?
Large law firms are merging again. The Wall Street Journal has a lead article on the trend today. I wonder though, just who mergers help and how mergers improve value…
Law Firms Adopting Legal Processing Outsourcing Methods
Legal process outsourcing (LPO) hit the legal news almost 10 years ago. Initially, it was controversial. Whatever your views of it, you should note that law firms are now widely…
Using Big Data to Reduce Legal Spend
So, What’s Your Algorithm? headlines a January 4th Wall Street Journal article. It’s a good question for lawyers to consider, especially in-house counsel. The article addresses “How analytics harvested from…
Open Letter to General Counsels: Five Imperatives for 2012
Dear General Counsel: You face ever-increasing pressure to control and predict cost. Here are steps I suggest you take to accomplish this: 1. DETERMINE WHAT PROBLEM YOU NEED TO SOLVE…
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