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Twitter Roundup – Dec 2011

Since not everyone reads Twitter, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. I am now organizing Tweets by broad topics Mainstream Media Reports on the Legal Market NYTimes: What They Don’t Teach Law Students: Lawyering http://nyti.ms/uhQK6Q || Is there any hope for US...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 2 min read

Law Firm Service Delivery

Open Letter to BigLaw Managing Partners: Four Imperatives for 2012 and Beyond

Dear BigLaw Managing Partner: You recognize that the Old Normal is gone. Inertia may carry you a bit but change looms. If you are not retiring soon or if you want to help your younger partners, you need to take four actions to thrive in...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 3 min read

General

The New World of E-Discovery: Differentiation Based on Marketing, Positioning & Pricing

I have been doing e-discovery, nee litigation support, since 1989. In the last few years, I have seen the legal market diverge into two new worlds of electronic data and discovery (EDD). How does each look and what does it mean for its inhabitants? [Note:...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 6 min read

Personal Productivity

Tablets versus PCs

Evan Koblentz of Law Technology News asks today Will Tablets Replace Laptops? I think the answer is yes for some and false dichotomy for many. I was a late tablet adopter, buying an iPad 2 in September of this year. A year earlier, at ILTA,...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 3 min read

General

New Surveys Show Still More Talk than Action by Law Departments

Two recent general counsel surveys give us an indication of the current state of legal market. Do you want the good news or bad news first? Below I highlight survey findings by Altman Weil and Corporate Counsel magazine. The italicized leaders are my words /...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 2 min read

Do Less Law, General

To Reduce Legal Spend, Do Less Law

How much “law should we do?” Companies seeking to reduce legal spend need to start by asking this question. General counsels may invest too much solving legal problems. Today, GC control cost measures include moving work in-house, establishing alternative fee arrangements (AFA), and adjusting the...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 3 min read

Roundup

Twitter Roundup – Fall 2011

Since not everyone reads Twitter, I reproduce here a selection of my recent Tweets. In this Roundup, I cover Tweets since September 2011. Plus I’ve highlighted several articles about the legal market from mainstream media sources. MAINSTREAM MEDIA Economist on AI impact on knowledge...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 3 min read

Alternative Legal Provider, Innovation and Change Management

Reconceiving Lawyer Software for the New Normal

Last month I wrote a two-part blog post about the new model law firm Clearspire. Subsequently, I had a chance to see Coral, the firm’s custom-developed law practice and business management technology platform. I was impressed. I have evaluated much software over the years. Coming...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 6 min read

General, Legal Project Management

Legal Project Management (LPM) Survey Shows Fast Uptake, Some Doubt

A group of large law firm knowledge management professionals of which I am a part recently conducted a survey of legal project management (LPM). Thirty firms participated; here are highlights I found interesting and some comments. In 2010, only 40% of the firms had started...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 3 min read

General

Future View: Do You See What I See? [Live post from COLPM]

This is a live post from the College of Law Practice Management Futures Conference. This session is Future View: Do You See What I See?. [As with all my live posts I try to capture the highlights of what panelists discuss and report accurately. Any...

Ron Friedmann, 14 years ago 8 min read

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